Geothermal
0.002% of total clean energy generation
Geothermal energy has the potential to play a major role in decarbonising Australia’s electricity supply by providing reliable, emission-free power generation. Modelling by ROAM and SKM MMA for the Department of Treasury in 2011 found that geothermal energy could account for between 13 per cent and 23 percent of our total electricity needs in 2050.
Technical and financial challenges have seen the geothermal industry progress slowly in 2011 with just three projects having commenced deep drilling. As of 2011 only one commercial geothermal plant was operating in Australia, at Birdsville in Queensland.
