Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Europe: Important New Geothermal Energy Dataset Released

Earth's geothermal hotspots: new dataset launched (European Commission)


The top three global countries are the U.S. (3.4 GW capacity), the Philippines (1.8 GW) and Indonesia (1.6 GW).

We know this because of a global geothermal energy dataset the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been updating since 2014.

The data has now been made publicly available, with a wealth of information for assessing the global market for geothermal power.

The dataset covers all 366 geothermal power plants that exist across the world.

It shows how the cumulative capacity of geothermal power has increased steadily and almost linearly since 1985, reaching about 10.4 GW in 2017.

Beyond capacity, there's also a wealth of technical and market information about geothermal power plants, including turbine type, reservoir information and turbine manufacturer.

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