The Philippines' Geothermal Potential and its Development: An Update
- Key words
- General; Power Generation; Direct Use; Philippines; Assessment; Country Update
- Location
- Philippines
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1985
- Session
- Geothermal overviews; Exploration; Reservoir engineering; Op
- Language
- English
Abstract
Within a span of 12 years, since the 1973 oil crisis, the Philippines has become the world's second largest producer of geothermal energy. Today, the country has four developed geothermal fields with a combined generating capacity of 894 Mwe, and about 25 more prospects in various stages of exploration and development. The Philippines hopes to attain a 50 percent energy self sufficiency by the end of 1985, and possible greater towards the turn of the decade, with development of its geothermal and other indigenous energy programs.
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