Types
This Power Plant uses high-pressure hot water, which flows into lower pressure tanks, flashes water to steam, and drives turbines to generate electricity.
What is Flash Steam?
Renewable energy derived from the Earth’s internal heat.
What is Geothermal Energy?
These systems use heat pumps to circulate cool/warm air to these locations.
What is homes and businesses?
Emits low levels of this, which reduces the carbon footprint and helps mitigate climate change.
What is Greenhouse gases (GHG)?
Geothermal resources are location specific.
What is location dependency?
This Power Plant uses high-temperature steam directly from the reservoir to drive turbines to generate electricity.
What is Dry Steam?
A heating and cooling system that uses the earth’s stable temperature to exchange heat with a building,
What is Heat Pump?
This application is used in the agricultural industry.
What is greenhouse and soil heating?
Geothermal energy replenishes naturally and will remain with proper management.
What is renewable and sustainable?
If not managed properly, geothermal reservoirs can be impacted.
What is depletion and sustainability?
This Power Plant uses lower-temperature geothermal fluid, which heats a secondary fluid with a lower boiling point, and produces steam to drive turbines to generate electricity.
What is Binary Cycle?
A network of pipes carrying hot water from a centralized source to heat multiple buildings.
What is District Heating System?
This application uses geothermal water to regulate water temperature for the health/growth of species.
What is aquaculture and fish farming?
Geothermal energy is not affected by the weather.
What is reliable and stable?
The drilling process and disposal of geothermal fluids can result in this.
What is environmental impacts?
This uses geothermal heat directly – without conversion to electricity.
What is Direct Use?
A subsurface rock formation containing hot water and/or steam and is the source of geothermal energy.
What is geothermal reservoir?
This application uses geothermal energy for industrial materials, and agriculture products.
What is drying and dehydration?
Geothermal Plants convert a large percentage of the available heat into electricity and reduce fossil fuel use.
What is high efficiency and energy independence?
These can be offset by long-term benefits of low operations and maintenance costs.
What is initial high costs?
Creating Artificial Reservoirs.
What is Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)?
A geothermal process where water circulates through rock fractures, absorbing heat and creating a geothermal reservoir.
What is Hydrothermal System?
This application offers therapeutic and recreational experiences
What is spas and resorts?
Versatility makes it a valuable resource for various applications without the need for complex conversion processes.
What is direct use applications?
Increased public concern may be associated with these types of technologies.
What is EGS and AGS?