GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Geothermal power plants use steam to produce electricity. The steam comes from reservoirs of hot water found a few miles or more below the earth’s surface. The steam rotates a turbine that activates a generator, which produces electricity.

Detailed explanation-2: -People can capture geothermal energy through: Geothermal power plants, which use heat from deep inside the Earth to generate steam to make electricity. Geothermal heat pumps, which tap into heat close to the Earth’s surface to heat water or provide heat for buildings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geothermal energy is renewable energy that is harnessed from the heat inside the Earth. We can use this energy not only for electricity, but also for heating and cooling buildings and for spas and hot springs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most widely developed type of geothermal power plant (known as hydrothermal plants) are located near geologic “hot spots” where hot molten rock is close to the earth’s crust and produces hot water.

Detailed explanation-5: -Flash Steam Power Plant Flash steam plants are the most common type of geothermal power plants in operation today. Fluids at temperatures greater than 182°C/360°F, pumped from deep underground, travel under high pressures to a low-pressure tank at the earth’s surface.