EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse. IGA International Geothermal Association. Geothermal Technologies Program: Geothermal Resource Maps. The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) carries out R&D and demonstration efforts to deploy 12 GWe of clean geothermal energy by 2020 and expand geothermal into new U.S. regions. Locating and developing resources is an important part of that mission. GTO works with national laboratories to develop maps and data that identify renewable, geothermal resources, possible locations for implementation of various geothermal technologies, and actual and potential geothermal power generation sites. The maps below were developed by National Laboratories, universities and other organizations. Maps by Energy Type or Measurement Direct-use projects in the United States – Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institute of Technology Resource Potential, Power Generation, and Power Plant Maps – National Renewable Energy Laboratory in conjunction with GTO Temperature and depth of U.S. geothermal resources – Google.org, using Google Earth Thermal springs in the United States – NOAA National Geophysical Data Center.
Question: Energy Use of Internet. Kevin2kelly, I've estimated the electricity consumption for the internet as follows: US: 350 billion kWh per year World: 868 billion kWh per year These numbers represent 9.4% of total US electricity consumption, and 5.3% of global electricity consumption. The breakout of the data is as follows: Annual Electricity Use for the Internet--US and World Category..........................US Consumption.......World Consumption.....................................Billion kWh........Billion kWh (1) Data Centers (includes cooling)......45.................112.5 (2) PCs&Monitors........................235.................588 (3) Modems/routers/etc...................67.................167 (4) Phone network.......................0.4...................1.0 TOTAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND ~350 billion kWh ~868 billionOF THE INTERNET ............................U.S.................World The data were derived as follows: (1) These data come directly from a recent report on data centers: Table 1.
Table 2. All the best, David.