Utilities putting new energy into geothermal sources
Reporting from Reno — Not far from the blinking casinos of this gambler’s paradise lies what 
could be called the Biggest Little Power Plant in the World. Tucked into a few dusty acres across from a shopping mall, it uses steam heat from deep within the Earth’s crust to generate electricity. Known as geothermal, the energy is clean, reliable and so abundant that this facility produces more than enough electricity to power every home in Reno, population 221,000. Read full story:
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