| Title | Current Developments of the Geothermal Energy in Taiwan |
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| Authors | Sheng-Rong SONG, Geothermal Energy Research Teams Of NTU |
| Year | 2020 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | Geothermal Gradient, Geothermal Energy, Energy Portfolio Standard, EGS, Taiwan |
| Abstract | Located in the Pacific Rim of Fire, Taiwan possesses abundant geothermal resources in terms of geological processes, such as the volcanic activities and rapid uplifting terranes due to arc-continent collision. Based on availably previous exploration before 1980s, Taiwan may have about 1 GWe of potential shallow geothermal energy, which is less than 3% of the national gross power generation. To reduce the emissions of green-house gas (GHG) and pollutions of PM. 2.5, and to approach as the nuclear-free country, Taiwan sets up an energy portfolio standard to be as 20% renewable, 30% coals and 50% natural gases in 2025. Among the renewable energy the geothermal energy will install more than 200 MWe to produce about 1.3 billion KWh per year in 2025. However, it is just a 300 KWe geothermal power plant now and need speed up to catch up the schedules. Currently, there are planning to develop 150 MWe geothermal power plants in 5 counties of Taiwan in 2020. Among them the north Taiwan is one of the largest sites to install power plants about 100 MWe. Several teams including private and national ones to do explorations and exploitations national wide in Taiwan. |