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Geothermal is also looking promising, probably more so than nuclear.
by pfdietz 7mo ago
Geothermal is also looking promising, probably more so than nuclear.
- stop50 7mo agoEspecially in the eiffel region.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> Geothermal is also looking promising Europe should absolutely develop it. But it's no panacea. Optimistically, "around 43 GW of enhanced geothermal capacity in the European Union could be developed at costs below 100 €/MWh" [1]. That's 3% of European energy demand [2]. [1] https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/hot-stuff-geothermal-energy-in-europe/ https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/hot-stuff-geotherma... [2] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Energy_statistics_-_an_overview#:~:text=Final%20energy%20consumption,1994%20until%20it https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... 36.6k PJ/year ~ 1,160 GW