This island in the Atlantic Ocean could be the great new source of this incredible and useful energy. If they manage to get it, this would be the next thing gold of the 21st century. That is why a huge operation is being carried out to extract this precious energy.
This is why the Council of Tenerifeare developing this project, through the Technological Institute for Renewable Energy (ITER) and the DISA Group geothermal energy from the volcanic island of Tenerife.
What is the promising area of Spain to win the “gold of the 21st century”.
It’s over Tenerifean island in the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to the Spanish autonomous community of Canary Islands. It was chosen because it is a volcanic area, which makes more possible easy to get high temperatures undergroundwhat is needed to generate electricity.
What do they want to get out of the volcano in Tenerife?
Although still in the early stages of the project, the idea of the Cabildo of Tenerife, the Technological Institute for Renewable Energy (ITER) and the DISA Group is the extraction of geothermal heat from the area.
Finding enough heat to generate energy isn’t that easy unless you go far beneath the Earth, where you can find completely unimaginable temperatures. However, there are certain areas where it is a little more accessible to find this type of energy a little closer to the surface. This is because the surface area of The Canary Islands, where Tenerife is located, is a volcanic area.
This project is public and private since the European Union (with NextGeneration funds), the Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings, the Cabildo of Tenerife and the DISA Group participate, with the support of Reykjavik Geothermal. These would invest 100 million euros, of which 40 would be part of the financing of the EU NextGeneration fund.
What they hope is to find the perfect area from which to extract geothermal energy, because once the spot is found, all that remains is to install the facilities and infinite energy can be obtained.
What is geothermal energy and why is it so important?
Geothermal energy, geo (earth) and thermos (heat)is a form of renewable energy that replaces fossil fuels. Geothermal energy consists of obtaining heat from the interior of the Earth for certain purposes, such as electricity, hot water or heating. The European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) describes it as follows: “energy stored as heat beneath the Earth’s surface”.
In contrast to fossil fuels, this is the case type of energy is renewable and clean. The type of energy extracted will depend on many factors, including the temperature of the water. That is, it will be used at low temperatures for thermal use in industrial and agricultural processes, in urban heating and cooling systems and for the generation of domestic hot water.
On the other hand, medium temperature water will be used for heating, domestic hot water, etc. in the industrial, residential and service sectors. Finally with the water at high temperatures (more than 150 degrees Celsius), is used for electric energy and geothermal heating systems.
The main advantages of this type of energy are that it is a stable energyonce you manage to reach the area where there is heat, you can always It gets the energy and does not depend on climatic factors. Just as it is inexhaustible for the same reason. On the other hand, it is much more economical than other energies.