Title:

The Impact of Geothermal Direct Use Applications on the Sustainable Development Goals

Authors:

Michelle FRANKE, Masami NAKAGAWA

Key Words:

sustainable development goals, direct use, Ethiopia, geothermal heat pump

Conference:

Stanford Geothermal Workshop

Year:

2017

Session:

Direct Use

Language:

English

Paper Number:

Franke

File Size:

316 KB

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Abstract:

Geothermal heat is utilized around the world for both electricity generation and direct use applications. While the industry is expanding rapidly, the attention is mainly focused on power generation. However, shifting the focus to community-based direct-use applications could have large impacts on the developing world. Some have previously focused on this type of geothermal development. In 2011, Ogala, Davidsdottir, and Fridliefsson discussed how the development of geothermal resources in Kenya could help the country meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in their study titled “Lighting villages at the end of the line with geothermal energy in eastern Baringo lowlands, Kenya – Steps towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).” In this study, the authors show that geothermal heat can be applied to alleviate many of the problems in developing nations. Though the MDGs have ended, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have picked up where the MDGs left off. The SDGs were enacted by the United Nations in 2015 and consist of 17 goals, each with their own targets. The purposes of these goals are to protect the environment, provide all peoples’ basic human rights, and create international partnerships towards meeting these goals. This paper seeks to present the possibility of geothermal applications as a solution to many of the SDGs and stress the impact that smaller, creative projects can have on local communities. Using a case study of two areas in Ethiopia, the impact of geothermal heat when used for community applications is shown. The first area, the Corbetti Caldera, could implement a series of cascading geothermal applications that could help the community meet 12 of 17 of the SDGs. Tigray, the second area, could use a geothermal heat pump to regulate the temperature of a centralized community building. This small application could help the community meet 11 of 17 of the SDGs.


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