Introduction

Environmental considerations have gained much momentum in last decades and concerns with global warming are not only shared by a small group of environmentalists but by majority of the public. More pressure is on increasing renewable energy production. Still large power projects in Hydro and Geothermal energy have been under heavy attacks from environmentalists for decades as these large structure in unspoiled nature may often appear offensive to the environment. Most resistance is for large reservoirs for big Hydro project which has decreased the number of such projects.

Recently Geothermal Projects have increasingly come under attention of environmental groups. People complain about large power house structures with on-surface steel pipes for collection of steam from boreholes to the power houses also being offensive to the environment.

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