Geothermal Power in PA/NY

Solar and wind power usually dominate discussions of alternative energy, but here in Philadelphia, The Friends Center at 15th and Cherry is putting geothermal front and center. They're stopping traffic with our city's first large geothermal installation:

http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/05/01/the-biggest-dig?aid=15385

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20080416_Energy_from_the_ground_up.html

In New York City next month, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) will host a workshop entitled "Geothermal 101 – the Hottest Clean Energy Source" at the Ritz Carlton Battery Park. Introducing geothermal energy to the NYC finance community, this event will feature "expert speakers from all of the major names in geothermal including, ThermaSource, EGS, Inc. MidAmerican Energy, Ormat, Glitnir, US Renewables, GeothermEx, UTC Power, Terra-Gen Power, and many more. Keynote speakers will be President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimmson and Director for Climate Change and Energy Initiative for Google.org, Dan Reicher." For more info go to: http://geo-energy.org/financeWorkshop/work_shop.asp