Heat Recovery
Thermal capture technologies, including geothermal technologies, use heat to generate power. Geothermal power capturing the earth’s heat is cost-effective, reliable and available 24/7. Similar technology can also be used to recover heat that otherwise would have gone to waste from industrial processes, such as exhaust from natural gas pipeline compressors.
cooperatives in states utilize heat recovery as a source of power.
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Some co-ops sell the environmental attributes of power generated using renewable resources
Surprise Valley Elec. Corp. Geothermal Plant. Photo: Lynn Culp