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New Mexico Geothermal Application
New Mexico is well-known by using wind and solar energy, but those kinds of renewable energy has an intermittent problem which unable to provide uninterrupted power…
Unlike wind and solar power, geothermal runs 24/7 uninterrupted. Simply put, it’s hot water pumped from reservoirs hundreds of feet below the ground. Heat from the earth’s core warms up the water-to temperatures up to 300 degrees ( 149℃ ). That water helps produce electricity. That same water is then re-injected into the underground reservoirs, so the water is continuously recycled.
Lightning Dock Geothermal ( LDG ) power plant is the first of its kind right in the state and it can produce up to 4 megawatts of energy, which is enough to power 4,000 homes. In the near future, the plant will be capable to provide electricity up to 10,000 homes in New Mexico.
Power Benefits：
Output

4,000 kW
Annual Output

8,000 x 4,000 = 32,000,000 kW
Annual Production

32,000,000 x 0.2 = 6,400 K US dollars
Annual CO2 discharge reduction

32,000,000 x 0.522 =16,704 Ton
  • Average working hour is 8,000 hours.
  • The electricity price is US$ 0.2/KWh.
  • To generate 1 KWh power discharge 0.522 kg CO2 (The Bureau of Energy of Taiwan, 2012)
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