U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Energy Join with GEA for Geothermal Energy Technology and International Development Forum

Geothermal industry leaders from the United States and abroad are set to come to Washington, DC on Wednesday, May 4 for the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) 2011 Geothermal Energy Technology and International Development Forum at The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The event, hosted by GEA with participation by the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Energy, will paint a clear picture of the rapidly growing geothermal markets at home and abroad.

“Geothermal markets continue to grow at a strong pace even as some other technologies have faltered lately,” said Karl Gawell, GEA Executive Director and Chairman of the Department of Commerce Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. “The baseload power that geothermal creates safely and renewably 24 hours a day is in increasingly high demand across the world. It’s a smart solution to our energy needs and that is being recognized more and more.”

Along with The U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Energy and industry partners including Gold Level Sponsor Atlas Copco and conference sponsors Enel Green Power, Pratt and Whitney, GeothermEx, and the Institute of Earth Science and Engineering, the forum will be widely attended with over two hundred industry leaders, foreign diplomats, financiers and government officials expected to participate.

The program will showcase geothermal projects, trends, and governmental policies in the U.S. and around the world, including the geothermal market today, projects under development in the U.S. and internationally, outlook for the future of the geothermal market, jobs and money, new technologies, and federal agency support at home and abroad.

The forum will feature speakers from the U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, University of Nevada at Reno, Gradient Resources, US Geothermal, Ormat, Export-Import Bank, USAID, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and many others.

For more information, including the full agenda, visit: http://www.geo-energy.org/events/May2011_ShowcaseForum.aspx.