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PUBLISHEDJune 4 2012
AUTHOR(S)Gehringer, Magnus; Loksha, Victor
Geothermal Handbook | Planning and Financing Power Generation

The Geothermal Handbook is a comprehensive guide to planning and financing geothermal projects. Based on lessons learned from multiple investment successes and failures, the handbook presents a step-by-step understanding of the phases of geothermal project development, looking at the risks involved and at the policies, institutions, and financing mechanisms needed to successfully bring projects to fruition.

The report stresses the importance of concerted international assistance to help finance geothermal scale-up in the early, risky phases of development, in order to mitigate risk and make projects attractive to private investment.

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Gehringer, Magnus; Loksha, Victor. 2012. Geothermal Handbook: Planning and Financing Power Generation. ESMAP Technical Report 002/12. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank.  License: CC BY 3.0 IGO. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23712

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