Geothermal Power Generation in China: Past and Future
- Key words
- Geothermal; power generation; capacity factor; resources superiority; barrier; China
- Location
- China
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 2012
- Session
- Geothermal overviews
- Language
- English
Abstract
Geothermal power generation has the highest capacity factor among renewable energy power generations. Considering investment cost, geothermal has highest investment benefit. China started geothermal power generation in 1970. It was the seventh country utilized geothermal electricity in the world. Since Yangbajain geothermal power plant completed total installed capacity of 24.18MW in 1991, there has been little in China. The barriers for Chinese geothermal power generation are due to longer exploration period, higher drilling risk, lack of demonstration projects and less favorable government policy. It is worth considering how to utilize the superiority of geothermal resources and accelerate the geothermal power generation in China.
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