Section 01 of 05
Geothermal
Larderello, and the field that was first in the world. Italy makes geothermal electricity in one place, and it has been doing so for longer than anywhere else on Earth. These pieces cover the geology that permits it, the plumbing that exploits it, and the reason the field has not run out.
4 pieces in this section
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Larderello Was First
The Tuscan field where geothermal electricity was generated before anywhere else, and why the geology there permits it. What a dry-steam field is, how the wells are managed, and why this technology stayed regional rather than spreading.
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What a Wellhead Actually Does
Steam arriving at pressure, separation, and the route to the turbine. The plant explained as plumbing rather than as a green symbol.
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Geothermal Runs All Night
The one renewable source that does not care whether the sun is up. What that is worth to a grid, and why it cannot simply be scaled.
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Reinjection, and Why the Field Does Not Run Out
Returning condensate to the reservoir: what it preserves, what it costs, and the induced-seismicity question handled factually.
