Geothermal production results and plans in Mexico

Conference · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:602729

Hiriart-Le Bert, G; Gutierrez-Negrin, L C.A. ^[1]

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1. Comision Federal de Electricidad, Morelia (Mexico)

Almost 7,000 MWe of geothermal power plants are in operation in the world. There are estimations about this capacity could be almost 10,000 MWe in three more years. Mexico, with 743 MWe of geothermal-electric capacity, is developing more projects, taking into account the encouraging results of exploitation of these energy resources. In 1996, such results include production of 56.2 million tons of steam, generation of 5,737 gigawatts-hour (GWh) and an average capacity factor of 87.5%.

• OSTI ID: 602729
• Report Number(s): CONF-971048-; TRN: 98:001318-0060
• Resource Relation: Conference: Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA (United States), 12 Oct 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Meeting the challenge of increased competition; PB: 665 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
58 GEOSCIENCES
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
GEOTHERMAL INDUSTRY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
MEXICO
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
POWER GENERATION
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
STEAM GENERATION