#geothermal
To date, #China, #Turkey, #Iceland and #Japan are the leaders in developing deep #geothermal #energy, #heating more and more city districts and greenhouses. In #Germany, the city of #Munich enjoys inexpensive geothermal heating and has set its sight on using the technology to make the sector climate neutral by 2035.
The German government is also looking at further developing deep geothermal energy to create a nationwide climate-neutral heat supply by 2045. Deep geothermal energy could generate around 300 terawatt hours of heat annually from an installed capacity of 70 GW — more than half the future heat demand of all buildings. According to analysis by six German research institutes, generating heat with deep geothermal energy costs less than three euro cents per kWh.
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One day humans are going to punch one wrong hole in one wrong place and the earth is going to go zizzing off thru space powered by it's own magma, like a pin-punctured condom. Won't WE be surprised! 🤣
Geothermal green heating part of China’s decarbonization plans | MR Online https://mronline.org/2022/01/28/geothermal-green-heating-part-of-chinas-decarbonization-plans/ #Greenwash #AlternativePower #Geothermal #China
How #Kenya Became the #World’s #Geothermal Powerhouse
source: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kenya-geothermal-energy-world-leader/
Of all #renewables, geothermal #energy is especially useful for #industrialization, a goal shared by countries across #Africa. For one, unlike sources such as wind and solar, it provides a reliable stream of power critical to energy-intensive industrial processes. Moreover, geothermal need not be converted to #electricity at all: Direct applications — where geothermal steam itself is used — abound.
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Geothermal System is a Real Gold Mine
What do you get when Pacific Northwest National Laboratories takes over what was once the largest and deepest gold mine in North America? The answer might be enough energy to power 10,000,000 homes. The enhanced geothermal systems project includes the lab and several partners from academia and industry and aims to test sending fluids down boreholes so the Earth can heat them up. Hot fluids, of course, can easily create electricity.
At 4,100 feet underground, the old mine is not very convenient to get to. However, modern technology means that the equipment is largely automated so workers can carry out experiments from home using a computer or even a phone. The system itself is 7 feet long by 7 feet wide and 30 feet long. It was assembled above ground, tested, and then split into 4×4 sections for transportation deep below the surface.
The work tunnel is airconditioned, although once you go down for your shift at 6:30AM, you don't get to go back up until 6:30PM so working from home is a definite advantage.
Some researchers on the project hosted a "deep talk" (we see what they did there) recently and you can see the video, below.
Paradoxically, you can get heat from the earth or you can dump heat into the earth. Great way to cool your next gaming rig.
The most extreme geothermal plant in the world.
It turns out we can tap this energy type almost anywhere.
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