Unit 3: Geothermal Power
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- Created on: 05-01-15 22:28
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- Geothermal Power
- Advantages
- No pollution after manufacture
- Renewable
- Low maintenance cost
- Not dependent on weather
- Disadvantages
- High installation costs
- Suited only to volcanic areas
- May release harmful gases
- Not easy to transport energy
- Sites usually far from cities
- Location
- Hot rocks near surface needed
- Permeable rocks allow flow of fluids
- Volcanic area
- Harnessing heat from hot rocks - can produce steam to turn turbines or hot water for space heating
- Advantages
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