Geothermal potential of the Himalayans
Manikaran, Himalayas, India (source: flickr/ mvcorks, creative commons)
Francisco Rojas
22 Jul 2014
With more funding and research says a group of geologists in an academic paper, the vast geothermal potential in the Himalayas could be exploited to cut the dependency on oil and the CO2 emissions of the region.
In a recent scientific publication, (Hot springs and the geothermal energy potential of Jammu & Kashmir State, N.W. Himalaya, India by a group of international geologists) it is explained that under the Himalayas, there is huge geothermal potential that is not utilised due to environmental concerns and a lack of funds for research.
According to the Sci Dev Net Website, Geo Moore, a geologist at the Energy and Geosciences Institute, University of Utah, said that: “I hope lessons from elsewhere in the world can help harness these resources in the Himalayas,” in a conference on sustainable resource development held last month (June) in Kashmir state, India. Mr. Moore explained that other countries are successfully exploiting this renewable resource and considering the underlying potential, the region should invest further and harder. “The hottest and best known of the geothermal systems are in Jammu and Kashmir, which form part of the northwest Himalayan ‘geothermal province’ that extends through Nepal and Tibet,” Moore says.
The same website cites Mr.Jonathan Craig, honorary professor at University College, London about said region being the most promising location to exploit geothermal energy in the Indian subcontinent. Investing in clean energy would help the region cut their dependency on fossil fuels and not only saving money but cutting CO2 emissions.
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