| Title | Economics of Geothermal Energy |
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| Authors | Paolo Emilio Liguori |
| Year | 1995 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | comparison, generation, electricity, heat, fossil fuel |
| Abstract | In order to be successful, geothermal energy must be cheaper than the competitors, i.e. the alternative forms of energy. Depending on the use of the geothermal energy, the competitors are: 1) electricity production: fuel oil and 2) heat production: natural gas. For the production of electricity, the geothermal energy is cheaper than the alternative fuel oil energy for a wide and actual range of fuel oil prices and well productivities, while for the production of heat the range is becoming narrow. |