Enel Green Power opens geothermal energy museum in Italy

Laradello, Italy

The new Museum of Geothermal Energy, which is endowed with a fully renovated, high-tech and multimedia structure, offers ten exhibit halls that guide the visitor on a discovery of geothermal energy, from the Etruscan and Roman thermal baths to the industrial presence of Enel Green Power.

The new museum, which is open year-round and free to visit, is located in the Enel Green Power Village of Larderello, the world capital of geothermal energy and is open to school groups and researchers, as well as to all visitors interested in learning about geothermal energy in its numerous dimensions, from history to the activity in the chemical industry, from the power industry to the uses of heat. A treasure buried in the ground in the provinces of Pisa, Siena and Grosseto, constituting a renewable resource capable of generating enough electricity to meet 26.5% of Tuscany

Source: IWR Online, 31 Oct 2013