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    Geothermal energy comes from heat stored inside the Earth, not from the Sun. As depth increases underground, temperature rises because of heat generated within the Earth's crust. This geothermal heat can be harnessed from shallow groundwater or deeper underground rocks as a clean, sustainable energy source. Geothermal power plants extract hot water or steam from underground and use it to drive turbines to generate electricity. Some countries have directly used geothermal springs and wells for heating for thousands of years.

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    Geothermal energy comes from heat stored inside the Earth, not from the Sun. As depth increases underground, temperature rises because of heat generated within the Earth's crust. This geothermal heat can be harnessed from shallow groundwater or deeper underground rocks as a clean, sustainable energy source. Geothermal power plants extract hot water or steam from underground and use it to drive turbines to generate electricity. Some countries have directly used geothermal springs and wells for heating for thousands of years.

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    Geothermal energy comes from heat stored inside the Earth, not from the Sun. As depth increases underground, temperature rises because of heat generated within the Earth's crust. This geothermal heat can be harnessed from shallow groundwater or deeper underground rocks as a clean, sustainable energy source. Geothermal power plants extract hot water or steam from underground and use it to drive turbines to generate electricity. Some countries have directly used geothermal springs and wells for heating for thousands of years.

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    GeothermalEnergy

    IfyougodeeperundertheEarth,asyougodownanddownyouwouldnoticethatitgets
    warmerandwarmer.ThatisbecauseourEarthisfullofheat,andthatheatiscalledGeothermal
    energyTheGeothermalenergyisanenergycreatedandstoredintheEarth.Theheatwasmade
    insidetheEarthscrust,itiscleanandsustainable.YoumaythinkbecausetheSunthatcausethe
    Earthtogethot,butactuallythehotnessoftheinsideofEarthwasnotbecauseoftheSun.The
    Earthcoreisveryhot,andasitcomestothesurfaceitgetscooler.Thegeothermalenergycould
    befromashallowgroundhotwaterorahotrockundertheEarthssurface,andevenverydeep
    downaveryhightemperaturemoltenrocks,calledmagma.Thiswasknowntobeabathingfrom
    thestonetoolsperiod,butknowismorewellknownforelectricity.

    Geothermalenergywasbeingusedathousandofyearsinsomecountriesfortheir
    cookingandheating.TheGeothermalwaterfromdeepundertheEarthcanbeusedforheating
    homesandofficesdirectly,orevenforgrowingplantsinthegreenhouse.IntheU.S.somecities
    pipeusesageothermalhotwaterundertheroadsorsidewalksformeltingthesnowtoo.In
    Australiathegeothermalenergyisusedby,waterwouldrunthroughagasfilledOrganic
    Rankinecycleheatexchangerwhichheatandpressurethegasanddrivesaturbinetoproduce
    electricity.Thepartlycooledwaterischannelledintoapondforfurthercoolingandreticulation
    intothetownswatersupply.Geothermalenergyisgeneratedinover20countries.TheUnited
    Statesistheworld'slargestproducer,andthelargestgeothermaldevelopmentintheworld.

    Therearethreetypesofgeothermalpowerplants:drysteam,ortheoldesttechnology
    ofgeothermal,ittakessteamoutoffracturesinthegroundandusesitdirectlydriveaturbine.
    Secondistheflash,pulldeep,andwithhighpressurehotwaterintothecoolerandlow
    pressurewater.Thissteamresultsfromtheprocessisusedtodrivetheturbine.Thirdisthe
    binary,inthisonethehotwaterispassedbyasecondaryfluidwithamuchlowerboilingpoint
    thanwater,thiscausesthesecondaryfluidtoturnvaporanddrivestheturbine.Somevisible
    featuresofgeothermalenergyarevolcanoes,hotsprings,geysers,andfumaroles.Butyoumostly
    cantseegeothermalenergy.Usuallygeothermalenergyisdeepundertheground.Youmay
    thinkitdoesntexistbecauseyoucantseeitontheground,butyesitdoesundertheground.

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