HDR Prospects of Himalaya Geothermal Province

Abstract

A large data base on geological, geophysical and subsurface geological information on the wet hot rock geothermal provinces is now available to exploit this energy resource. Besides wet hot rocks, Himalaya Geothermal province has excellent hot dry rock sites for future exploration and exploitation. This province falls within the Indo- Tibet collision zone and sufficiently large plutons occur within this zone which can be exploited for future energy needs of the state. With participation of local government and investment from independent power producers, this energy source can developed to meet the energy demands of the hill rural population.