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Interview with Lucien Bronicki, Ormat Industries/ Technologies

Alexander Richter 11 May 2009

An interview of Scientific American with Lucien Bronicki of Ormat, gives a very interesting overview of one of the leading firms in geothermal power development and technology.

In a recent interview with Scientific America, Lucien Bronicki of Ormat Industries/ Technologies. As a co-founder of Ormat Turbines in 1965, the predecessor to Ormat Industries/ Ormat Technologies, Mr. Bronicki is the Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors and its CTO. (a thorough CV can be found on Forbes).

The interview gives a very interesting overview of one of the leading firms in geothermal power development.

Key points raised are Ormat’s view on the technical obstacles for the growth of geothermal energy and its prospects, obstacles to scaling up geothermal, the impact of the current economic crisis on getting necessary development capital, as well as what the main competitors are for geothermal.

For the full interview with Lucien Bronicki, see the piece at Scientific American