Evaluation of Geothermal Resources Potential in China

Abstract

China is located at the intersection of the Western Pacific island-arc plate margin geothermal belt and the Mediterranean Himalayan continental collision plate margin geothermal belt. Geothermal resources are controlled by tectonic activities and abundant in China, but the geothermal display of different tectonic parts is very different. Based on the geotectonic pattern and the systematic analysis of the distribution and characteristics of geothermal resources in China, this paper has carried out the potential evaluation of hydrothermal geothermal resources. The amount of hydrothermal geothermal resources is equivalent to 1250 billion tons of standard coal, the annual recoverable amount is equivalent to 1.865 billion tons of standard coal, the amount of hydrothermal medium-low temperature geothermal resources is equivalent to 1230 billion tons of standard coal, and the annual recoverable amount of geothermal resources is equivalent to 1.85 billion tons of standard coal; The power generation potential of hydrothermal high-temperature geothermal resources is 8.46 million kW.