Status of geothermal energy amongst the world
- Key words
- geothermal, electricity, direct use, comparison of renewables, energy prices
- Conference
- European Geothermal Conference
- Year
- 2003
- Session
- Power generation
- Language
- English
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Abstract
The world primary energy consumption is about 400 EJ/year, mostly provided by fossil fuels
(80%). The renewables collectively provide 14% of the primary energy, in the form of
traditional biomass (10%), large (>10MW) hydropower stations (2%), and the
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