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Geothermal energy has been a bet of São Miguel Island.

Are installed on the São Miguel Island two plants of the Ribeira Grande geothermal field: Ribeira Grande Geothermal  Plant, with an output of 13MW (1994), and Pico Vermelho Geothermal Plant, with a production capacity of 10MW (2006) , whose combined production contributed, in 2008, with about 40% in the structure of electric production of the Island.

The plants in operation belong to Sogeo, a company mostly owned by the Electricity of the Azores (EDA), whose activity is centered in the exploitation of geothermal resources for the production of electricity on the São Miguel Island.

Renewable energy available in the Azores are the solar, biomass, hydro, wind, geothermal and wave  sea.