Geothermal Energy Use, Country Update for Portugal
- Key words
- Portugal, Azores, power generation, bath spa, direct uses, GSHP, shallow geothermal energy
- Conference
- European Geothermal Conference
- Year
- 2013
- Session
- 2 Country Updates (CUR)
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- CUR-24
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Abstract
In Portugal, the presence of high temperature geothermal resources is restricted to the volcanic islands of Azores Archipelago, which are associated with the triple junction of the North American, Eurasian and African (or Nubian) plates (Figures 1 and 3).
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