Date: 6/22/2022

To: Jean-Marie Dauger

From: Peyton Roden

Subject: Electricity Generated from Volcanoes

Dear Jean-Marie Dauger,

I have been impressed with the world energy council’s mission of promoting the sustainable supply and
use of energy and some of the work you all have engaged in the field of low carbon emission energy. We
all use electricity in our daily lives, and it actually matters where that electricity comes from. Climate
change is a large problem and is caused by greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is
produced when fossil fuels are burned for energy. Climate change is causing more severe storms
producing more damage to property, rising sea levels, displacing people, and melting glaciers. Many
countries are trying to shift to more renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar, nuclear, and
geothermal to reduce their carbon footprint. Of particular interest to us is geothermal energy; this is
because we believe that volcanoes could be used to power geothermal energy plants. Countries like
Iceland have been exploring this option by drilling around 3 miles into the superheated rock around a
dormant volcano. Water can then be turned into steam by the heat and be used to turn turbines and
generate electricity. Another example of electricity generated by volcanoes is in El Salvador which uses
the energy generated by volcanoes to mine bitcoin. Countries that have volcanoes can benefit from
implementing more geothermal energy generation by generating cheap energy that is powered by the
earth and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. I think the world energy council will benefit from
investing in this promising area of research for generating sustainable energy, and funding for the
organizations engaged in this research will speed up the process of bringing this energy to the market.
Please reach out to me by email or phone within the next month if you would like to pursue this further.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this promising research.

Best regards,

Peyton Roden

Peyton Roden, Associate Director of Research Funding

World Energy Council
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