geothermal plants
Underground heat stations
Geothermal plants are power stations that generate electricity from heat extracted from the Earth's interior.
They tap underground reservoirs of steam or hot water, using the thermal energy to drive turbines.
Geothermal energy is considered renewable since the Earth continuously produces heat: Iceland gets most of its electricity from geothermal plants.
- wellDug water source
- hot springsHeated groundwater emerging naturally
- hot rockGeothermally warmed mineral mass
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- heatTransferred thermal energy
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