There’s a difference between the twenty foot wells dug for residential purposes and the deep well required to provide steam to power plants. Geothermal for heating a house is different than the requirements to spin a turbine for electricity
There’s a difference between the twenty foot wells dug for residential purposes and the deep well required to provide steam to power plants. Geothermal for heating a house is different than the requirements to spin a turbine for electricity
Hmm... I still don't understand where fracking is an issue. Deeper reach for aquifers may have issues especially with cost, but I'm not understanding where fracking enters the equation. Thanks.
The Geo Thermal systems for steam generation to power turbines go miles deep into rock. Fracking is used to crack the rock to provide the surface area into which fluid is pumped to down into the fractured rock and then returned back to the surface under pressure to drive the turbines. I’ll look for a link
I read both 2013 articles, were these to which you refer? They describe quite an enhanced version of geothermal.
"Fracking “enhances” geothermal by making cracks in hot rocks where none existed, allowing heat to be harvested from Earth’s interior practically anywhere, although this reduces the total power produced because of the need to pump water through the system."
I'm seeing two different sources of geothermal heat. Core drilling vs. aquifer. Thank you, it's always a good day when you learn something new!
I still can’t out why I can’t copy links and post to Substack
I studied Geo Thermal back around 2013
Very interesting, complex and expensive to site and build, but the potential using earth’s core for energy is limitless. No batteries required. Its a Base Load provider, unlike solar and wind
Our nation needs a long term renewable energy policy including development funding
Here’s one, but in general,deep well geothermal needs to crack rock at the bottom of wells to create the surface area of the exposed cracked rock to heat the fluids that run through the heat exchanger to create steam
There’s a difference between the twenty foot wells dug for residential purposes and the deep well required to provide steam to power plants. Geothermal for heating a house is different than the requirements to spin a turbine for electricity
Hmm... I still don't understand where fracking is an issue. Deeper reach for aquifers may have issues especially with cost, but I'm not understanding where fracking enters the equation. Thanks.
The Geo Thermal systems for steam generation to power turbines go miles deep into rock. Fracking is used to crack the rock to provide the surface area into which fluid is pumped to down into the fractured rock and then returned back to the surface under pressure to drive the turbines. I’ll look for a link
Thanks. I haven't found any reference to fracking.
This is strange. Substack won’t let me paste the links. Google “geothermal energy fracking” . Find the Scientific American article
I read both 2013 articles, were these to which you refer? They describe quite an enhanced version of geothermal.
"Fracking “enhances” geothermal by making cracks in hot rocks where none existed, allowing heat to be harvested from Earth’s interior practically anywhere, although this reduces the total power produced because of the need to pump water through the system."
I'm seeing two different sources of geothermal heat. Core drilling vs. aquifer. Thank you, it's always a good day when you learn something new!
I still can’t out why I can’t copy links and post to Substack
I studied Geo Thermal back around 2013
Very interesting, complex and expensive to site and build, but the potential using earth’s core for energy is limitless. No batteries required. Its a Base Load provider, unlike solar and wind
Our nation needs a long term renewable energy policy including development funding
Then we can be truly energy independent
Here’s one, but in general,deep well geothermal needs to crack rock at the bottom of wells to create the surface area of the exposed cracked rock to heat the fluids that run through the heat exchanger to create steam
Opps, link wont post. I’ll try again