Integration of Green Technologies in Canary Islands - Low Enthalpy Geotermics
- Juan Carlos Santamarta Cerezal 1
- Maria del Cristo Expósito 1
- Antonio Eff Darwich 1
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Universidad de La Laguna
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Verlag: University of West Hungary Press
ISBN: 978-963-334-192-6
Datum der Publikation: 2014
Seiten: 24-29
Art: Buch-Kapitel
Zusammenfassung
This paper presents the opportunities and initiatives in the use of low enthalpy geothermalresources in the Canary Islands, particularly in the construction industry. The Canaries facetwo problems related to electricity generation: on one hand it is an isolated system, on theother hand it is very expensive to produce electricity which mostly comes from fossil fuels.However the Canaries have favorable conditions to develop renewable energy, includingshallow geothermal resources.