India, Norway to jointly develop expertise in geothermal energy (The Pioneer)
India and Norway are collaborating on a research and development project to develop expertise to harvest geothermal energy and contribute to human resource development. The final report of this project is expected to be submitted in 2015.
Inaugurating a one-day workshop on the joint project, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology director AK Gupta said that geothermal energy is a clean sustainable energy source providing heat throughout the year. “As per estimates of Geological Survey of India, the country has the potential of generating 10,000 MW electricity from geothermal sources but it is estimated that the installed capacity for direct utilisation of this energy in India is only 265 MW though presently no electricity is generated from this resource.
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