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'Geothermal energy, or heat generated from the earth, is largely non-polluting, and is renewable and reliable," says Ashley Winters and John Parke.

In Stephen Leeb's The Complete Investor, the contributing editors look at a trio of diverse plays on geothermal energy:  Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Calpine (NYSE: CPN), and Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA). 

"Throughout the globe, heat is continually produced in a layer far below the earth’s crust. Large power plants can capture and use this steam to provide electricity on a fairly large scale.

"In Iceland, by some estimates, 50% of all energy needs are me

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"Geothermal energy, or heat from the earth, is largely non-polluting, and is renewable and reliable," says Ashley Winters and John Parke.

In Stephen Leeb's The Complete Investor, they look at a trio of plays on geothermal energy: Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Calpine (NYSE: CPN), and Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA).

"Throughout the globe, heat is continually produced in a layer far below the earth's crust. Large power plants can capture and use this steam to provide electricity on a fairly large scale.

"In I

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NRG and CPN have roughly the same power generating capacity but CPN is superior to NRG in terms of its asset portfolio. The average age of CPN’s plants is under 10 years while NRG plants are over 35 years old. CPN uses clean NG and even cleaner geothermal for its power while NRG relies on a mix of sources including nearly 40% from coal. In the face of greater scrutiny in regards to emissions control, coal power generation could face costlier emission controls that NRG would have to alloca

Recap of Fast Money, Thursday March 13. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis.