Electricity Generation from Geothermal Energy in Australia

Educational factsheet summarising geothermal systems (hydrothermal and Hot Rock systems), advantages of geothermal power generation in Australia, geothermal power generation systems, and future electricity generation in Australia using geothermal energy.


The mini-abstract on the factsheet is as follows:

Geothermal energy is the heat contained within the Earth and it can be used to generate electricity by utilising two main types of geothermal resources. Hydrothermal resources use naturally-occurring hot water or steam circulating through permeable rock, and Hot Rock resources produce super-heated water or steam by artificially circulating fluid through the rock. Electricity generation from geothermal energy in Australia is currently limited to an 80kW net power plant at Birdsville in south west Queensland. However this is likely to change in the future as Hot Rock power plants become increasingly commercially viable.

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Date (Publication)
2007-01-01T00:00:00
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Ayling, B.F.

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Budd, A.R.

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Holgate, F.L.

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Gerner, E.

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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  • Hot Rocks

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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English
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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Date info (Revision)
2018-04-22T08:34:49
Date info (Creation)
2007-10-03T00:00:00

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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

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ISO 19115-1:2014

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ISO 19115-3

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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

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Version 2.0, September 2018

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https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Educational Product Hot Rocks geothermal

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