China's geothermal resources are mainly of low - medium temperature. More than 9 geothermal areas have been or are being explored. According to the geology, economy and technology of geothermal energy development main efforts are concentrated in some places with better conditions and can be exploited effectively in the near future, such as low temperature geothermal fields in Beijing and Tianjin, Yangbajain and Dengchong high temper ature geothermal fields respectively in Tibet and Yunnan province. I n Beijing and Tianjin the geothermal water is used for space heating, bathing, medical treatment, greenhouse, raising tropical fish, industry and so on. I n Beijing now more than 200 thousand sq. m. o find o o r floor is being heated with geothermal water and about 50 thousand persons p e r day use i t to take bath. In future, the low teinperature geothermal water utilization in these big cities would flourish. In 1970 the first experimental geothermal power plant using the flashing method w a s built in Dengwu, Guangdong province. 117 1977 one MW experimental wet steam power plant was built in Yangbajain, Tibet, and a 6 MW power plant in 1981 ( Photo 1 1. And another 3 MW generator is expected to complete in 1985.

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