The National Outlook - Australia’s Hot Rocks
- Location
- Australia
- Conference
- Australian Geothermal Energy Conference
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
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Abstract
Geothermal energy from amagmatic Hot Rocks (HR) is a source of inexhaustible, 24/7, free fuel for zero-emission power generation. These characteristics make Hot Rock (HR) geothermal resources a desirable addition to the world’s portfolio of safe, secure and competitive energy supplies. Australia’s vast HR resources (Figure 1) and comparative advantages for the development of Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) have attracted global interest, finance and government support for several HR – EGS proof-of-concept projects. Australia’s long history of shared investment in mining and energy operations is also a key factor in Australia being recognised as leading the world in ‘exploiting subterranean heat’ (The Economist, 2008).
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