A New Nascent Spreading Centre at the Wagner Basin in the Northern Gulf of California: a Possible Geothermal Resource?
- Key words
- shallow vents, active basins, submarine vents exploitation
- Location
- Wagner Basin, Mexico
- Conference
- New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 2008
- Session
- New Resources
- Language
- English
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Abstract
The probable geothermal reserves of Mexico sum up to only 1400 MW; however, they have been estimated on the basis of the high temperature systems and do not include the unconventional geothermal sources. Submarine hydrothermal systems may become in the near future a feasible energy source, especially those that occur at shallow depths. Recently discovered hydrothermal activity in the Wagner Basin may be harnessed to produce electricity using an environmentally friendly system.
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