Geothermal Energy is one of the

Renewable Energy in the

Philippines
What is Renewable Energy?

⮚ Sources of energy
that renew and
replenish
themselves
constantly and
within a
reasonably short
period of time.
Renewable Energy Resources
⮚ Bi- omass/Biofuels

⮚ G- eothermal
⮚ S- olar

⮚ H- ydro
⮚ O- cean

⮚ W- ind

(BiG SHOW)
Renewable Energy Resources

Biogas Biomass Geothermal

Solar Hydro Ocean

Wind
Why Renewable Energy?
⮚ Preserve the
environment
⮚ Mitigate climate change
⮚ Achieve energy
security & sufficiency
⮚ Attain sustainable
development, and
⮚ Improve our quality of
life
 What is Geothermal energy?

Geos = Earth
Thermos = Heat

Heat from the Earth’s

interior
 History of Geothermal energy?
History says that the first use of geothermal energy occurred more than 10,000 years ago in North America by American Paleo-Indians.
People used water from hot springs for cooking, bathing and cleaning.
The first industrial use of geothermal energy began near Pisa, Italy in late 18th century. Steam coming from natural vents (and from drilled
holes) was used to extract boric acid from the hot pools that are now known as the Larderello fields.
In 1904, Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal electric power plant in which steam was used to generate the
power.
With the above experiment, the first geothermal plant in USA started in 1922 with a capacity of 250 kilowatts. It produced little output and
due to technical glitch had to be shut down. However, in 1946 first ground-source geothermal heat pump installed at Commonwealth
Building in Portland, Oregon.
During the 1960’s, pacific gas and electric began operation of first large scale geothermal power plant in San Francisco, producing 11
megawatts. Today there are more than 60 geothermal power plants operating in USA at 18 sites across the country.
In 1973, when oil crisis began many countries began looking for renewable energy sources and by 1980’sgeothermal heat pumps (GHP)
started gaining popularity in order to reduce heating and cooling costs.
As effect of climate change started showing results, governments of various countries joined hands to fight against it, for which Kyoto
Protocol was signed in Japan in 1997, laid out emission targets for rich countries and required that they transfer funds and technology to
developing countries, 184 countries have ratified it.
Geothermal power today supplies less than 1% of the world’s energy in 2009 needs but it is expected to supply 10-20% of world’s energy
requirement by 2050. Geothermal power plants today are operating in about 20 countries which are actively visited by earthquakes and
volcanoes.

https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/geothermalenergyhistory.php
https://www.geothermal-energy.org/pdf/IGAstandard/WGC/2010/0605.pdf
Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2010 Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010
Accessing the Steam

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Basic feature of a Geothermal system
Basic feature of a Geothermal system
EDC is the 2nd Largest Geothermal Player Globally
and the No. 1 RE Company in the Philippines

GEOTHERMAL COMPANY CAPACITY * (MW) LOCATION

Chevron 1,273 Worldwide

EDC 1,199 Philippines
ENEL 878 Worldwide
Calpine Corporation 725 USA
Ormat 520 Worldwide
CalEnergy Generation 340 USA
Reykjavik Energy 333 Iceland
Pertamina 272 Indonesia

Tohoku Electric Power Company 247 Japan

Northern
*Steamfield and California Power
Power Plant Capacities Agency 220 USA
Kyushu Electric Power 207.5 Japan
 Carbon emissions by Fuel type
Geothermal Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions November 2012 By Alison Holm, Dan Jennejohn,
and Leslie Blodgett, GEA
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=geothermal_environment

Geothermal systems are natural

sources of greenhouse gas
emissions, and it is difficult to
determine what portion of power
plant emissions should be
considered anthropogenic. Despite
this complication, most of the
published data on geothermal power
plant emissions show that these
plants emit little carbon dioxide,
minute amounts of methane, and
little or no nitrogen oxide. Because
of these low emissions, the
geothermal power plants also meet
the most stringent clean air
standards.
Geothermal power plants do not burn fuel to generate electricity, so the levels of air pollutants they emit are
low. Geothermal power plants emit 97% less acid rain-causing sulfur compounds and about 99% less
carbon dioxide than fossil fuel power plants of similar size. Geothermal power plants use scrubbers to
remove the hydrogen sulfide naturally found in geothermal reservoirs. Most geothermal power plants inject
the geothermal steam and water that they use back into the earth. This recycling helps to renew the
geothermal resource.
Geothermal Energy 101
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 Thank You!!!!

By: VICTOR P. GONZAGA JR

2019
Credit to: EDC Presentation, Cesar Bersamina, ME