geothermal• However, far more use is made of geothermalenergy for direct heat.• There is some promise of geothermal energy.• The geothermalmodellingpackage has been used to model the thermalhistory of two basins in the Far East.• A hydrogeologist and an isotopechemist provided professionaladvice to the ongoinggeothermalresource study.• In iceland for example some 70% of the country's energy needs are met from geothermalsources.• E may ultimately rid itself of other power plants as well, including hydropower and geothermalunits.