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Geothermal power exports:
Abstract
In Greece the geothermal areas are located in regions of Quaternary or Miocene volcanism and in continental basins of high heat flow. The existence of high-temperature (>200 °C) resources has been proven by deep drilling on the islands of Milos and Nisyros and inferred on the island of Santorini by its active volcanism. Elsewhere, geological investigations, geochemical analyses of thermal springs and shallow drilling have identified many low-temperature (<100 °C) reservoirs, utilized for spas and greenhouse/soil heating. Ternary K–Na–Mg geothermometer data suggest deep, medium-temperature resources (100–200 °C) in Sousaki, the islands of Samothraki, Chios and Lesvos, in the basins of Nestos River Delta and Alexandroupolis and in the graben of Sperchios River. In the basins of northern Greece these resources are also inferred from deep oil exploration well data. Exploring for geothermal resources in Greece
Geothermal resources...high and low temp. High is easy. Low is workable using heat exchangers and low temp refrigerant boilers:
The Chena geothermal power plant came online in late July 2006, putting Alaska squarely on the map for new geothermal technologies. Chena Hot Springs is the lowest temperature geothermal resource to be used for commercial power production in the world....Because the geothermal water at Chena Hot Springs never reaches the boiling point of water we cannot use a traditional steam driven turbine. Instead a secondary (hence, "binary") fluid, R-134a, which has a lower boiling point than water passes through a heat exchanger with 165°F water from our geothermal wells. Heat from the geothermal water causes the R-134a to flash to vapor which then drives the turbine. GEOTHERMAL POWER - CHENA POWER - A Renewable Energy Company
Solar THERMAL (not photovoltaic) power exports.
Greece is one of the southernmost countries in Europe and therefore receives some of the most yearly sunshine.
Between the two resources and saline heat storage, Greece can pull itself out of a slump, sell power to Europe and sort of you know...help out the national security plan. Investors?....(I hear there's a huge labor pool there needing work) Designers could for the geothermal plants create destination spas for tourism where the warm water discharge could be used in asthetically-pleasing baths...Roman style. The facilities could be cloaked to look like the parthenon and so on. Energy & tourist health spas. Win-win. Like they do in Iceland:
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