Geothermal energy could meet half of B.C.’s electricity needs, researcher says
Mory Ghomshei states that geothermal energy is so abundant that it could meet half our future energy needs with no greenhouse gas emissions. According to Mory, B.C. is sitting on a potential gold mine of clean energy in the form of superheated water located deep beneath the Earth’s surface; the provinces position atop the subduction zone of 2 tectonic plates results in high volcanic (and subsequently geothermal) activity.
In BC, particularly in the active regions of the Garibaldi/Pemberton range and the Queen Charlotte Islands, geothermal activity presents itself in the form of hot springs. Two to three hundred kilometers below these hot springs, however, water reaches higher temperatures of up to 200 to 300°C. Water at this depth stays as a liquid due to pressure, but when brought to the surface, this water transforms into steam and can be used to power electrical turbines
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