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Meeting Future Energy Demand of Saudi Arabia through High Heat Generating Granites

International Journal of Earth science and Engineering • 2015
العودة
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون D. Chandreasekharam; Aref Lashin; Nassir Al Arifli, Hemant K. Singh
الكلمات المفتاحية Saudi Arabia, High heat generating granite, EGS
المجلة العلمية International Journal of Earth science and Engineering
الناشر www.cafetinnova.org
المجلد 7
العدد 1
الصفحات 01-04
publication.type International
رابط البحث Open Link
المواد المرفقة Not Available
الملخص
In Saudi Arabia has extensive high heat generating granites along the west coast shield. The heat generated by these granites varies from about 2 to 134 μW/m3. Exploiting the heat from these granites through engineered geothermal system (EGS) technology can generate about 120 x 106 terawatt hour of electricity. By adopting clean development mechanism through geothermal, the country can offset CO2 emission and save billions of oil and gas and also can supply large volume of fresh water through desalination process.