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Advantages: Does not produce air pollution/not make greenhouse gases Leaves few carbon foot prints Require minimal land and water sources Cost effective Energy could be used as direct power source Disadvantages: Can not be transferred. It can only provide energy for surrounding area Reports of an increase in earthquakes Initial drilling cost is expensive Need to manage hot rocks properly as they may be cooled down by water Possibility of a disrupted heat source Chance that geothermal sites may not have continuous heat ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
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By: Emilee Williams, Evan Baird, and Andrew Feldstein
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT
Holes are dug into the ground until a geothermal spot is found.
Heat from the ground creates steam that is sent up a well and to the turbines.
The turbines spin the generator to produce energy. Steam is condensed by evaporation in the cooling tower. Pumped down an injection
well to sustain production
HOW IT WORKS
Advantages: Does not produce air pollution/not make greenhouse gases
Leaves few carbon foot prints Require minimal land and water sources Cost effective Energy could be used as direct power sourceDisadvantages: Can not be transferred. It can only provide energy for
surrounding area Reports of an increase in earthquakes Initial dril ling cost is expensive Need to manage hot rocks properly as they may be cooled
down by water Possibility of a disrupted heat source
Chance that geothermal sites may not have continuous heat
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
