Subject:- Renewable Energy Sources

Topic:- Geothermal Energy

Difficulty:- Medium

Important applications of geothermal energy are :

• Space heating and cooling.
• Generation of electrical power.
• Industrial process heat.
• Other applications includes desalination of water, heavy water production, extraction of minerals from geothermal fluids, timber seasoning etc.
• However, the geothermal energy is presently utilized mainly for power generation and space heating purposes only.