Geothermal energy as a means to decarbonize the energy mix of megacities | Communications Earth & Environment - Nature.com

Geothermal energy can provide enough power to serve the current and future needs of megacities such as Bogotá, Los Angeles and Jakarta and also provide flexibility and baseload capacity, according to an assessment of the geothermal resource base in each city.

Advances in Conventional, EGS and AGS, facilitate the concept of producing, low-carbon, sustainable, electricity, and heating adjacent to large population centres. In addition, low-grade heat may be … [+14660 chars]

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