Iceland Market Visit featured by DeSmog Canada

Carol Linnitt, a journalist from DeSmog Canada, joined CanGEA and its members for the Iceland Market Visit this week. You can read her first article about this event here. The article features interviews with Alison Thompson (CanGEA), Stephen Grasby (NRCan) and Ben Lee (Raven Thermal Systems). 

“We have enormous potential for geothermal energy in Canada”  Stephen Grasby

“The United States is the number one producer of geothermal energy in the world. Mexico is number four, I want to see Canada up in the top five.”  Alison Thompson

“I had a friend go up to the Northwest Territories and pay $16 for a single red pepper. My question is how can we leverage our geothermal resources to address our concerns about food security up north, particularly for First Nations?”  Ben Lee