Geothermal energy for South Australia

Electricity from four kilometers under the Otway Basin

Scopenergy, which aims to operate a $160 million geothermal power station off the Limestone Coast near Millicent in south-eastern SA, has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with Snowy Hydro for 40MW of electricity. Geothermal power is generated from naturally occurring hot water.

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Mr Massey-Greene said the project had the potential to generate baseload power for the SA and national electricity markets. The proposed power station would use water from four kilometres underground, returning it after extracting the heat. There are 250 conventional geothermal electricity plants around the world, producing 8900MW of power.

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