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    Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth from its formation and radioactive decay in the core. Temperatures in the Earth's interior can reach over 4000°C and cause rock to melt and mantle to move upwards. This heats rock and water in the crust up to 370°C. Geothermal energy has been used for bathing and heating since ancient times but is now used more for electricity generation, providing 11,700 megawatts worldwide in 2013. It is a clean, renewable and sustainable energy source but historically has been limited to areas near tectonic boundaries.

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    Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth from its formation and radioactive decay in the core. Temperatures in the Earth's interior can reach over 4000°C and cause rock to melt and mantle to move upwards. This heats rock and water in the crust up to 370°C. Geothermal energy has been used for bathing and heating since ancient times but is now used more for electricity generation, providing 11,700 megawatts worldwide in 2013. It is a clean, renewable and sustainable energy source but historically has been limited to areas near tectonic boundaries.

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    Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth from its formation and radioactive decay in the core. Temperatures in the Earth's interior can reach over 4000°C and cause rock to melt and mantle to move upwards. This heats rock and water in the crust up to 370°C. Geothermal energy has been used for bathing and heating since ancient times but is now used more for electricity generation, providing 11,700 megawatts worldwide in 2013. It is a clean, renewable and sustainable energy source but historically has been limited to areas near tectonic boundaries.

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    Geothermal energy 

    is the thermal energy generated and


    stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is the energy that
    determines the temperature of matter. The geothermal
    energy of the Earth's crust originates from the original
    formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of
    materials (in currently uncertain but possibly roughly
    equal proportions). The adjective geothermal originates
    from the Greek roots γῆ (gê), meaning Earth,
    and θερμός (thermós), meaning hot.
    Earth's internal heat is thermal energy generated from
    radioactive decay and continual heat loss from Earth's
    formation. Temperatures at the core–mantle
    boundary may reach over 4000 °C (7200 °F). The high
    temperature and pressure in Earth's interior cause some
    rock to melt and solid mantle to behave plastically,
    resulting in portions of the mantle convecting upward
    since it is lighter than the surrounding rock. Rock and
    water is heated in the crust, sometimes up to 370 °C
    (700 °F).
    With water from hot springs, geothermal energy has been
    used for bathing since Paleolithic times and for space
    heating since ancient Roman times, but it is now better
    known for electricity generation. Worldwide,
    11,700 megawatts (MW) of geothermal power was
    available in 2013. An additional 28 gigawatts of
    direct geothermal heating capacity is installed for district
    heating, space heating, spas, industrial processes,
    desalination and agricultural applications as of 2010.
    Geothermal power is cost-effective, reliable, sustainable,
    and environmentally friendly, but has historically been
    limited to areas near tectonic plate boundaries. Recent
    technological advances have dramatically expanded the
    range and size of viable resources, especially for
    applications such as home heating, opening a potential for
    widespread exploitation. Geothermal wells release
    greenhouse gases trapped deep within the Earth, but these
    emissions are much lower per energy unit than those of
    fossil fuel.
    The Earth's geothermal resources are theoretically more
    than adequate to supply humanity's energy needs, but only
    a very small fraction may be profitably exploited. Drilling
    and exploration for deep resources is very expensive.
    Geothermal energy is an alternative, clean and renewable
    energy source, which is an elevated thermal energy of
    natural origin stored in magma in the ground. It is
    estimated that more than 99% of the Earth's mass is made
    of rocks with temperatures exceeding 1000 ° C. The
    temperature rises as we go deeper into the earth, at a rate
    of about 2.7 degrees Celsius per 100 meters in depth,
    meaning that it reaches an average of 27 degrees Celsius
    at a depth of 1 kilometer or 55 at a depth of 2 kilometers
    and so on. And utilize this thermal energy mainly in
    generating electricity, and this requires digging many
    pipes to great depths, which may reach about 5
    kilometers. In some cases, hot water is used for heating
    when the temperature is close to the surface of the earth,
    and we find it at a depth of 150 meters or sometimes in
    certain areas in the form of hot springs that reach the
    surface of the earth.
    This renewable energy, in theory, could suffice to cover
    the world's energy need for the next 100,000 years, but
    converting it into electrical energy is a very expensive
    process due to drilling operations to great depths and the
    need for many pipes to extract hot water in abundant
    quantities, despite the fact that the basic energy ( The raw
    material) is free and is widely available but difficult to
    obtain.

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