Resource Assessment of Philippine Geothermal Areas
- Key words
- assessment, resource
- Location
- Philippines
- Conference
- World Geothermal Congress
- Year
- 2010
- Session
- 16. Resource Assessment
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- 1616
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Abstract
A geothermal resource estimate of Philippine geothermal areas potential for power generation was made using the volumetric reserve estimation. The method involves the calculation of the thermal energy contained in a given volume of rock and water and then the estimation of how much this energy might be recoverable. Following a general definition on geothermal resource classification, the identified geothermal resources in this paper were classified as proven, probable and possible.
With a present installed capacity of 1,902.32 MWe, we have only reached around 50% of our identified resources. The estimate shows that there are still considerable geothermal resources available for development. Indicative geothermal capacity addition will come from development and expansion of new and existing fields and power plant optimization.
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