Geothermal Energy

By Ryanand Harry

What is it?

Geothermal is a energy collecting method of taking heat from naturally hot underground areas and using it to heat homes or running reactors

While heating homes only require air ducts, 4 metres below ground, reactors require much hotter areas such as natural hot springs or hot rocks that can be filled with water

How Does it Work?

There are three ways to generate power but they all work on the same principle

Water enters the earth’s crust and turns into steam

Steam rises and is captured Steam is used to drive a turbine

creating power Steam condenses back into water

and returned to the earth

Uses

Aside from reactors and heating systems geothermal has other uses such as:

Growing plants Drying crops Fish farms Pasteurizing milk

Where

Geothermal energy sources are prevalent at natural hot springs and volcanic regions

Iceland, being a very volcanic region is heavily powered by geothermal energy

The United States is the world leader in geothermal, with the largest number of geothermal plants and heating systems

Dangers

The land powerplants are built on tend to be scenic.

Water and air pollution If geothermal energy becomes

advanced enough to cool the earth's core we would freeze to death (it's not going to happen)

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia has no source strong enough to power plants, but heating

systems are becoming vary prevailent.

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