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The ability of geothermal energy to provide baseload electricity and flexibility to heating and power systems will be invaluable in order to move towards a 100% renewables-based system, experts say.
Geothermal energy, often dubbed ‘the sun beneath our feet’ for its capacity to provide an endless source of energy from the subsurface, currently has just about 16 gigawatt (GW) of capacity installed globally.
But new drilling techniques and the urgency to decarbonise heating systems are providing new momentum to the industry, which has plans to rapidly scale up.
In its ‘Net Zero By 2050’ report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) found that at least 52 GW of geothermal capacity will be needed by 2030 to be compatible with a climate neutrality scenario by mid-century.
“We need to deploy more renewable-based district heating networks in order to allow geothermal heat but also solar thermal heat to be integrated and distributed in an efficient way,” he added.
“It goes without saying that we need to replace all the fossil fuels in the heating sector,” said CAN Europe’s Mühlenhoff.
“We need to deploy more renewable-based district heating networks in order to allow geothermal heat but also solar thermal heat to be integrated and distributed in an efficient way,” he added.
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