| Title | Geothermal Development in Australia |
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| Authors | K.L. Burns, R.A. Creelman, N.W. Buckingham and H.J. Harrington |
| Year | 1995 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | Australia, hydrothermal, direct use, radiogenic heat, insulating sediments, hot dry rock, electric power production |
| Abstract | In Australia. natural hot springs and hot artesian bores have been developed for recreational and therapeutic purposes. A district heating system at Portland, in the Otway Basin of western Victoria, has provided uninterrupted service for 12 years without significant problems, is servicing a building area of 18 990 and has prospects of expansion to manufacturing uses. A geothermal well has provided hot water for paper manufacture at Traralgon, in the Gippsland Basin of eastern Victoria. Power production from hot water aquifers was tested at Mulka in South Australia, and is undergoing a fouryear production trial at Birdsville in Queensland. A n important Hot Dry Rock resource has been confirmed in the Cooper Basin. It has been proposed to build an HDR experimental facility to test power production from deep conductive resources in the Sydney Basin near Muswellbrook. |