A Recent Meebo Chat

A Recent Meebo Chat

This is the un-edited transcript from a recent chat on our Meebo ChatBox

Meebo Chat Discussion on 9 March 2011
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Participants:
meeboguest161895 – an interested surfer
Craighesser – Craig Hesser, CEO, GEOCOGEN AG

[20:04] meeboguest161895: what is the minimum investment for a set up?
[20:05] craighesser: Remember, we are talking about a 1 GW (1’000 MW) power plant. The talking price – depending on where and other details – is around US$ 4’000 million.
[20:06] craighesser: (US$ 4 billion if you are American)
[20:07] craighesser: These days, that’s almost chicken feed! :D
[21:32] meeboguest161895: Incredible ! So if someone has to take it up say in India, how does one go about it. Say we get the govt interested to fund it, would you take up the project? Of course we are talking of a time scale of a decade I guess. What is the intellectual property transfer modus operandi?
[21:35] craighesser: The basic premise is that “you” would sign a non-disclosure agreement and we would work out exactly what the best configuration would be and also find an optimal location. Then there is a license and we would do the project management together with the owner. Expected time is around 7-8 years, depending on when you start the clock.
[21:39] craighesser: Would you mind if we publish this chat on our website? You would only be identified as a “Meebo Guest” which is all I know about you in any case.
[21:50] meeboguest161895: Sure with pleasure. I will get back to you after getting some information from the other side. Also, if you could give a reference where all you have installed recently, it would help to follow up and study a bit further. Many thanks for your time. Best regards
[21:55] craighesser: We don’t have any references we can publish, but the first geothermal facility in North America was built 50 years ago by a colleague of ours (office about 200m from us) in the Rocky Mountains outside Denver. Also, one of the founders of our parent company was the Swiss process engineer Kurt Brunnschweiller who invented the basic process and spent millions of Swiss Francs of his own money to do it.
[21:56] craighesser: Since you have seen the website, you have our contact coordinates – feel free to contact us when you are ready.

You can chat with Craig also! Just catch him when he’s online, or leave a message. If you leave a message, it will be difficult to respond on Meebo – just leave an email address or Skype name or phone number.

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