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Census of Australian Geothermal Projects – Australian Geothermal Association seeking input

Census of Australian Geothermal Projects – Australian Geothermal Association seeking input Australian map of installed geothermal and geoexchange capacity, 2017 (source: Geoscience Australia/ Australian Geothermal Association)
Alexander Richter 25 Jul 2018

The Australian Geothermal Association (AGA) is conducting a census of Australian geothermal projects to more accurately and effectively highlight the positive aspects of this renewable energy industry and is seeking YOUR INPUT.

The Australian Geothermal Association (AGA) is conducting a census of Australian geothermal projects to more accurately and effectively highlight the positive aspects of this renewable energy industry. Relevant projects include direct-use applications (eg. pool heating in Perth, Barramundi farms in Victoria etc.), hot springs and spa, ground source heat pump projects at the residential and commercial scale and electricity generation (e.g. Birsdville & most recently in Winton Qld).

The AGA is reaching out to relevant people and organisation involved in geothermal projects for assistance to achieve as comprehensive coverage of projects as possible.We trust that all contributing professionals will benefit from the census and all players of the industry are invited to participate.

The census data will be collated in a database and after quality control it will be used to produce maps and statistics to better communicate on what geothermal does for Australia. This will provide a much needed update to the work undertaken by Geoscience Australia in 2016. Eventually the AGA aims to use the database to calculate the Life Cycle Cost of Energy of geothermal applications for easy comparison against other alternative sources of energy in Australia.

Download the easy-to-fill census form by clicking the button below. Initially only 10 key components of information are required to  for each project. The census forms are due by end of September and preliminary results will be presented at the Australian Geoscience Council Convention 2018 to be held in October in Adelaide.

Completed census forms can be emailed to AGA at: australiangeothermal@gmail.com

Link to Census Form

Source: Australian Geothermal Association