By national standards, the field, which is expected to have a capacity of 77.88 MWe, is recognized as a large-sized geothermal field. If it is fully exploited, the total amount of terrestrial heat will be equivalent of 8.27 million tonnes of coal, but only the former can reduce as many as 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
"The geothermal field is the first of its kind in the province and among the few in China," said Guan Yu, deputy director of the Anhui Geological Environment Monitoring Station.