Environment and Geothermal Energy - a Case Study in Western Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

The geothermal energy together with solar, wind, biomass, and water power should be used as an energy resource to protect the environment. Utilisation of geothermal energy reduces the emission of greenhouse or aggressive gases going into the troposphere. On the contrary, the utilisation of geothermal energy can afÄiit problems to the environment such as (i) destructive exploitation, (ii) emission of hazardous dissolved compounds into rivers and pollution of soils, and (iii) emission of aggressive gases - without complete reinjection. Inhibitors which are used to prevent corrosion and scaling can contaminate groundwater resources after reinjection. To improve the necessity for reinjection, a case study was carried out in the Eastern Buyiik Menderes Graben of Western Anatolia.