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Geothermal energy

Meaning in energy & renewables, with examples

/ˌdʒiːoʊˈθɜːrməl ˈenərdʒi/nounCommon term

In energy & renewables, geothermal energy means: Energy from heat inside the Earth, brought to the surface as hot water or steam through wells and used to generate electricity or to heat buildings and greenhouses.

In Turkish: jeotermal enerji

How it is used

Used in energy planning, drilling and plant engineering. Developers drill production and reinjection wells and build flash or binary plants. Geothermal gives steady output day and night. Turkey is one of the world's largest producers of geothermal electricity, mainly in western Anatolia.

Example sentences

  1. Geothermal energy from these wells also heats 3,000 homes in the town.

  2. Geothermal energy projects carry a high drilling risk in the early stages.

Common collocations

  • geothermal power plant
  • geothermal well
  • reinjection well
  • binary cycle plant
  • geothermal heating
  • renewable energyEnergy from sources that nature replaces all the time, such as sunlight, wind, flowing water, the Earth's heat and organic material, so they do not run out like coal, oil or gas.
  • baseloadThe minimum level of electricity demand that continues day and night, and the power plants that run almost all the time to supply it.
  • steam turbineA machine in which high-pressure steam flows over rows of blades and turns a shaft connected to a generator. Coal, nuclear, geothermal and many biomass plants use one.
  • biomassOrganic material from plants and animals, such as wood chips, crop residues and manure, that is burned or turned into gas or fuel to produce energy.

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