Prototype to generate geothermal power in Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Timanfaya National Park (source: Sascha Schmidt / flickr, creative commons)
Carlo Cariaga
24 Apr 2023
Facilities in the Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote, Canary Islands will be powered by a prototype thermoelectric generator harnessing geothermal energy.
A prototype geothermal power facility will be installed in the Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. This will allow the various facilities within the park to be self-sufficient by May 2023.
The geothermal project in Timanfaya is a collaboration between the Ministry of Ecological Transition of the Canary Islands and the Public University of Navarra. The feasibility study for the project was announced back in April 2022. The installation will supply up to 12 kWh of geothermal energy per day.
Instead of a steam turbine, the geothermal facility will use a geothermal thermoelectric generator (GTEG). These are solid-state devices with no moving parts that can create a voltage potential using a temperature difference across a semiconductor. Thermoelectric generators require minimal maintenance, are compact, highly robust, and appropriate for low-capacity power production.
Source: Canarias7.es
