Geodynamics at the forefront

摘要

Put simply, hot rock geothermal energy is produced using heat extracted from buried hot granites by circulating waters through an engineered, artificial reservoir or underground heat exchanger. Most importantly, it produces zero emissions. Geodynamics has created the largest of these reservoirs in the world at its Cooper Basin site and the company is now focused on delivering power to the electricity grid in 2012 with a 50 MW plant and is targeting production of more than 500 MW by 2016. Output will eventually reach 10,000 MW - the equivalent of 10 to 15 coal-fired power stations - giving hot rocks energy a justifiable claim as a great Australian resource to rank with the Snowy Mountains Scheme.