Thursday, April 16, 2015

Canada:

Opinion: Lots of Potential, Still No Geothermal (Power Engineering)


With the international geothermal energy industry experiencing near record growth in 2014, it is curious that not a single megawatt of geothermal power is being produced in Canada.

In fact, Canada is nearly the only developed country on the Pacific Rim not producing geothermal power. This is despite British Columbia possessing world-class resources that have been identified by CanGEA's internationally peer veviewed Geothermal Favorability Maps and Resource Estimates. Indeed, this viability should not come as a surprise since Western Canada is dotted with over 150 known hot springs, which are surface manifestations of geothermal activity.

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