www.abc.net.au
Aug 19, 2009
The West Australian Government is looking to establish geothermal energy as a long-term, alternative source. Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source that uses heat from water thousands of metres below the earth's surface. The Government has just issued the first batch of geothermal exploration permits. Geothermal Power is one of the companies to take up a government permit.
The company's chief executive, Jenny Archibald, says the use of geothermal energy will help reduce Western Australia's carbon footprint. "The most obvious benefit is that once this is set up it's providing energy on an ongoing basis, where there is no direct carbon output at all," she said. Ms Archibald says geothermal energy will increasingly be used to offset electricity use. "Overall, the carbon imprint is very, very small," he said. "It's a renewable resource because the water gets pumped back down into the system, so it's circulated and all we are really doing is extracting the heat."
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