Present status of promotion of underground thermal utilization in Japan
- Key words
- country update, underground thermal utilization, heat pump, Japan
- Location
- Japan
- Conference
- European Geothermal Conference
- Year
- 2003
- Session
- Country update
- Language
- English
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Abstract
Utilization of low-enthalpy geothermal energy in Japan has been far behind the other
industrial countries. In 1998, people concerned in Japan conducted a feasibility study on
promotion of low enthalpy geothermal resources utilization. In 2000, Geothermal Heat Pump
Association was settled by the interested persons from universities and private companies.
The activity has been succeeded by present Geo-Heat Promotion Association of Japan
(GeoHPJ) since 2001 with an objective of 140 thousand installations for private houses by
2010. Geothermal Research Society of Japan also started new activities on this topic.
Research groups in universities and national institutes have started geo-scientific research for
its utilization in Japan. Thus, private, academic and governmental sectors have just started
working on promotion of geothermal heat pump utilization.
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