Namibia is the next African country to highlight the Geothermal Energy potential. The Damara Orogenic belt is the home to good geological conditions with hot spring surface manifestations of subsurface hydrothermal reservoirs. Clean, persistent renewable Geothermal Energy able to attract good funding and finance is an economic, environmentally sustainable solution […]
Monthly Archives: July 2021
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South Africa has many mineral resources and some offshore hydrocarbon resources, but beneath the ground in a number of locations is clean, persistent renewable resource Geothermal Energy. Solar PV and Wind energy is good but intermittent, so either significant Energy Storage Systems are required or else some source of baseload […]
Significant Opportunities Continuing a series of posts about increased energy opportunities in African countries, here is a short flyer about Geothermal in Zimbabwe. Resilient energy systems should be a mix of renewables and baseload, and Geothermal is both – clean, persistent, environmentally sustainable.African Energy Chamber ‘s #aew2021 in Cape Town […]
Nigeria is a country blessed with significant conventional oil and gas resources, but there is a significant source of clean, persistent renewable energy beneath the surface also – Geothermal Energy. With good geoscience and well data, there may be an opportunity to repurpose some end of life oil and gas […]
For those more familiar with conventional oil & gas resources, it is convenient to make a comparison showing similarities and differences: Oil & Gas Geothermal Energy Source Rock – fine-grained sediments with sufficient amounts of organic matter, which generate and release hydrocarbons able to migrate upwards;Fluids – hydrocarbon oil & […]
Another well known source of Geothermal Energy is at Divergent Zones of tectonic plates (e.g., East African Rift) or at Hot Spots (e.g. Hawaii). Once again both hydrothermal and petrothermal reservoirs are able to be exploited with production and injection wells to produce clean, persistent Geothermal Energy. Volatile fluid release […]