Geothermal Energy
This whole website is about geothermal energy and how it works!
But before we start, you need to know what is geothermal energy?
Geothermal energy is heat derived from the interior, or inside of the Earth.
It is a renewable resource.
It is replenished when rainwater seeps through the earth's crust.
But before we start, you need to know what is geothermal energy?
Geothermal energy is heat derived from the interior, or inside of the Earth.
It is a renewable resource.
It is replenished when rainwater seeps through the earth's crust.
How is Geothermal energy created?
The Earth has several layers in its core. The very center is the inner core, and it has an outer core surrounded by magma. There's a mantle that surrounds both the inner core and the outer core. Finally, the crust is the outermost layer of the earth that has land and water around it.
The Earth's crust is surrounded by plates, and when certain mantle rocks melt, it becomes magma. The magma rises up to the Earth's crust, generating heat up from below.
This is how Geothermal energy is tranferred into electricity:
When it rains, the rainwater seeps through the crust and the heat from the magma heats it up.
Geothermal power plants have a tube called the Production Well.
It takes up hot water and uses the steam to drive the turbine generators that use steam, heat and hot water from geothermal reservoirs to create electricity. The water that wasn't used go down a tube called the Injection Well and back to the geothermal reservoirs and kept heated.
The Earth's crust is surrounded by plates, and when certain mantle rocks melt, it becomes magma. The magma rises up to the Earth's crust, generating heat up from below.
This is how Geothermal energy is tranferred into electricity:
When it rains, the rainwater seeps through the crust and the heat from the magma heats it up.
Geothermal power plants have a tube called the Production Well.
It takes up hot water and uses the steam to drive the turbine generators that use steam, heat and hot water from geothermal reservoirs to create electricity. The water that wasn't used go down a tube called the Injection Well and back to the geothermal reservoirs and kept heated.