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1982 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Geothermal Energy

verfasst von : O. Kappelmeyer

Erschienen in: Primary Energy

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Geothermal energy is the natural heat of the earth. The total amount of heat stored within our planet at temperatures above the climatic mean annual temperatures at the surface is of the order of 1031 J. This quantity of energy is inexhaustible by any technical use (the present technical energy consumption of the world is of the order of 8 TWa = 2 x 1020 J).

Metadaten
Titel
Geothermal Energy
verfasst von
O. Kappelmeyer
Copyright-Jahr
1982
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68444-9_18