4 Reasons why Geothermal Energy is the next Global demand.

It can solve a lot of energy problems

Zainab Azhar
Mind Talk
2 min readJul 30, 2021

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Geothermal Power Plant, company Ormat.

What is geothermal energy?

Geothermal energy is heat within the earth. Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source because heat is continuously produced inside the earth. People use geothermal heat for bathing, heating buildings, and generating electricity. These resources are natural and are present where magma is closer to the ground.

Individuals utilize these assets by boring wells into the earth and afterward channeling steam or high temp water to the surface. The heated water or steam controls a turbine that creates power. Some geothermal wells are just about as much as 2 miles underground.

The United States drives the world in the measure of geothermal power age. In 2019, there were geothermal power plants in seven states, which delivered around 16 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), equivalent to 0.4% of the complete U.S. utility-scale power supply.

Why are they so energy efficient?

Renewable

Through proper reservoir management, the rate of energy extraction can be balanced with a reservoir’s natural heat recharge rate. This type of energy can be generated again and again.

Efficiency

Geothermal power plants produce electricity consistently, running 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, regardless of weather conditions.

Area of resource

Geothermal power plants are compact they use less land per GWh (404 m2) than coal (3642 m2), wind (1335 m2), or solar PV with the central station (3237 m2).

Clean

Geothermal power plants emit 97% less acid rain-causing sulfur compounds and about 99% less carbon dioxide than fossil fuel power plants of similar size. Most geothermal power plants inject the geothermal steam and water that they use back into the earth. This recycling helps to renew the geothermal resource.

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Zainab Azhar
Mind Talk

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