| Abstract |
Beijing is a fast-growing city, where the direct use of low-temperature geothermal has been developing very fast since late 1990's, bringing great economic social and environmental effect. The 29th Olympics will be held in the City of Beijing in 2008, and "Green Olympics" will be an important feature of the great event. Most of the Olimpic facilities will be build in the Olympic Green, which is in the northern part of the city. It has been identified that there is geothermal potential around the Olympic Green. The geothermal reservoir there is made of limestone or dolomite buried in a depth greater than 2000m. It was proposed that geothermal be used in the Olympic Green, and a preliminary plan was worked out at the end of 2002, and a geothermal exploration project was started in the same time. Geothermal explorations proved that the geothermal wells can produce 53-75? of hot water. According to the results of the geothermal exploration, the new plan for geothermal development in the Olympic green is being made, and geothermal will be used for the domestic hot water supply of the sports village. The international geothermal community played an important role in the mobilization and planning of the Olympic geothermal project in Beijing. |