Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America
Economic growth in Central America has increased rapidly over the past 20 years. Currently, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita for the six Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama ave...
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR AIR QUALITY ALTERNATIVE METHODS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER BIOMASS POWER PLANTS BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIRDS BOILING POINT CAPACITY FACTOR CAPACITY FACTOR INCREASES CAPACITY FACTORS CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 COAL COAL COMBUSTION COAL GAS COAL PLANT COAL PRICES COLD WATER COLLOIDS COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION TURBINE COMBUSTION TURBINES COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONVECTION CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES COST OF ENERGY CRUDE OIL DECISION MAKING DIESEL DOMESTIC ENERGY DOMESTIC ENERGY RESOURCES DOMESTIC HEATING DRILLING DRILLING ACTIVITIES DRY STEAM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY ENDOWMENT ENERGY FUND ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY MARKET ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FISH FIXED COSTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL OILS FUEL REQUIREMENTS GAS GAS INDUSTRY GAS PRICES GAS TURBINES GASES GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS GEOTHERMAL GEOTHERMAL CAPACITY GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION GEOTHERMAL FIELD GEOTHERMAL FLUID GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS GEOTHERMAL GENERATION GEOTHERMAL HEAT GEOTHERMAL PLANT GEOTHERMAL PLANTS GEOTHERMAL POWER GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS GEOTHERMAL PROJECT GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES GEOTHERMAL SITE GEOTHERMAL SITES GEOTHERMAL SOURCES GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY GEOTHERMAL WELLS GREEN FIELD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HEAVY FUEL OIL HOT DRY ROCK HOT WATER HYDRO PLANT HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROPOWER INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER INJECTION PROCESS INJECTION WELLS IPCC LNG METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OIL COST OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTS PEAK DEMAND PEAK LOADS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POWER POWER CAPACITY POWER COMPANY POWER DEMAND POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PRODUCER POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR PLANNING POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SOURCES POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PROCESS HEAT PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC UTILITIES RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT DEVELOPERS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY TARIFFS RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS RENEWABLE POWER RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RURAL AREAS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEISMIC DATA SMALL HYDRO SMALL POWER SOLUBILITY STEAM FIELD STEAM PRODUCTION STEAM TURBINE STEAM TURBINES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECTOR TAX CREDITS TEMPERATURE THERMAL GENERATIONS TRANSMISSION GRID TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TURBINE TURBINE GENERATOR TURBINE RUNNING TURBINES UNEP WATER QUALITY WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARMS |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR AIR QUALITY ALTERNATIVE METHODS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER BIOMASS POWER PLANTS BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIRDS BOILING POINT CAPACITY FACTOR CAPACITY FACTOR INCREASES CAPACITY FACTORS CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 COAL COAL COMBUSTION COAL GAS COAL PLANT COAL PRICES COLD WATER COLLOIDS COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION TURBINE COMBUSTION TURBINES COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONVECTION CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES COST OF ENERGY CRUDE OIL DECISION MAKING DIESEL DOMESTIC ENERGY DOMESTIC ENERGY RESOURCES DOMESTIC HEATING DRILLING DRILLING ACTIVITIES DRY STEAM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY ENDOWMENT ENERGY FUND ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY MARKET ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FISH FIXED COSTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL OILS FUEL REQUIREMENTS GAS GAS INDUSTRY GAS PRICES GAS TURBINES GASES GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS GEOTHERMAL GEOTHERMAL CAPACITY GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION GEOTHERMAL FIELD GEOTHERMAL FLUID GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS GEOTHERMAL GENERATION GEOTHERMAL HEAT GEOTHERMAL PLANT GEOTHERMAL PLANTS GEOTHERMAL POWER GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS GEOTHERMAL PROJECT GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES GEOTHERMAL SITE GEOTHERMAL SITES GEOTHERMAL SOURCES GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY GEOTHERMAL WELLS GREEN FIELD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HEAVY FUEL OIL HOT DRY ROCK HOT WATER HYDRO PLANT HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROPOWER INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER INJECTION PROCESS INJECTION WELLS IPCC LNG METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OIL COST OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTS PEAK DEMAND PEAK LOADS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POWER POWER CAPACITY POWER COMPANY POWER DEMAND POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PRODUCER POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR PLANNING POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SOURCES POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PROCESS HEAT PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC UTILITIES RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT DEVELOPERS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY TARIFFS RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS RENEWABLE POWER RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RURAL AREAS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEISMIC DATA SMALL HYDRO SMALL POWER SOLUBILITY STEAM FIELD STEAM PRODUCTION STEAM TURBINE STEAM TURBINES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECTOR TAX CREDITS TEMPERATURE THERMAL GENERATIONS TRANSMISSION GRID TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TURBINE TURBINE GENERATOR TURBINE RUNNING TURBINES UNEP WATER QUALITY WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARMS World Bank Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America |
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Economic growth in Central America has
increased rapidly over the past 20 years. Currently, the
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita for the six Central
American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama averages approximately
US$3,600. However, economic disparity in the Latin American
region is the highest in the world. Despite impressive
growth, 20 million people or half of the population in
Central America are classified as poor. This assessment of
the geothermal potential module is the fourth in the series;
it provides an analysis of the energy context in the region
focusing on the technology and past experiences of
geothermal resources. The study aims to identify the
challenges associated with development of geothermal
generation, including physical, financial, regulatory and
institutional barriers, and it outlines some possible
strategies to overcome them at the regional and
country-specific level with a view to establish a basis for
policy dialogue and to provide decision-makers a reference
document with a regional outlook. Energy, particularly
electricity, is critical for economic development. It is
needed to power machinery that supports income-generating
opportunities. Countries that have affordable and reliable
energy can more easily attract both foreign and domestic
capital. Central America's vulnerability to external
shocks in the energy sector has increased over the last
years. The region depends on foreign supply of fossil fuels
(oil, coal). Since the share of thermal generation in power
supply has increased significantly in the last decade,
exceeding installed capacity for hydropower, the rise and
volatility of oil prices has a dramatic effect today on the
region's economy. Together with integration, it has
become increasingly clear that the region must develop its
local energy endowment, which has generated a strong
interest in renewable energy sources and technologies, such
as hydropower, geothermal, and wind. Given its potential in
the region, geothermal energy has attracted the attention of
policymakers and private investors as a resource to further
develop and supplement hydroelectric generation (and to
reduce dependency on thermal generation). |
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Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America |
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Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America |
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Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America |
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Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America |
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Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America |
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drilling down on geothermal potential : an assessment for central america |
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okr-10986-268122021-04-23T14:04:37Z Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America World Bank ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR AIR QUALITY ALTERNATIVE METHODS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER BIOMASS POWER PLANTS BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIRDS BOILING POINT CAPACITY FACTOR CAPACITY FACTOR INCREASES CAPACITY FACTORS CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 COAL COAL COMBUSTION COAL GAS COAL PLANT COAL PRICES COLD WATER COLLOIDS COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION TURBINE COMBUSTION TURBINES COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONVECTION CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES COST OF ENERGY CRUDE OIL DECISION MAKING DIESEL DOMESTIC ENERGY DOMESTIC ENERGY RESOURCES DOMESTIC HEATING DRILLING DRILLING ACTIVITIES DRY STEAM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY ENDOWMENT ENERGY FUND ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY MARKET ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FISH FIXED COSTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL OILS FUEL REQUIREMENTS GAS GAS INDUSTRY GAS PRICES GAS TURBINES GASES GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS GEOTHERMAL GEOTHERMAL CAPACITY GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION GEOTHERMAL FIELD GEOTHERMAL FLUID GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS GEOTHERMAL GENERATION GEOTHERMAL HEAT GEOTHERMAL PLANT GEOTHERMAL PLANTS GEOTHERMAL POWER GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS GEOTHERMAL PROJECT GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES GEOTHERMAL SITE GEOTHERMAL SITES GEOTHERMAL SOURCES GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY GEOTHERMAL WELLS GREEN FIELD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HEAVY FUEL OIL HOT DRY ROCK HOT WATER HYDRO PLANT HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROPOWER INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER INJECTION PROCESS INJECTION WELLS IPCC LNG METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OIL COST OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTS PEAK DEMAND PEAK LOADS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POWER POWER CAPACITY POWER COMPANY POWER DEMAND POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PRODUCER POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR PLANNING POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SOURCES POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PROCESS HEAT PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC UTILITIES RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT DEVELOPERS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY TARIFFS RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS RENEWABLE POWER RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RURAL AREAS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEISMIC DATA SMALL HYDRO SMALL POWER SOLUBILITY STEAM FIELD STEAM PRODUCTION STEAM TURBINE STEAM TURBINES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECTOR TAX CREDITS TEMPERATURE THERMAL GENERATIONS TRANSMISSION GRID TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TURBINE TURBINE GENERATOR TURBINE RUNNING TURBINES UNEP WATER QUALITY WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARMS Economic growth in Central America has increased rapidly over the past 20 years. Currently, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita for the six Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama averages approximately US$3,600. However, economic disparity in the Latin American region is the highest in the world. Despite impressive growth, 20 million people or half of the population in Central America are classified as poor. This assessment of the geothermal potential module is the fourth in the series; it provides an analysis of the energy context in the region focusing on the technology and past experiences of geothermal resources. The study aims to identify the challenges associated with development of geothermal generation, including physical, financial, regulatory and institutional barriers, and it outlines some possible strategies to overcome them at the regional and country-specific level with a view to establish a basis for policy dialogue and to provide decision-makers a reference document with a regional outlook. Energy, particularly electricity, is critical for economic development. It is needed to power machinery that supports income-generating opportunities. Countries that have affordable and reliable energy can more easily attract both foreign and domestic capital. Central America's vulnerability to external shocks in the energy sector has increased over the last years. The region depends on foreign supply of fossil fuels (oil, coal). Since the share of thermal generation in power supply has increased significantly in the last decade, exceeding installed capacity for hydropower, the rise and volatility of oil prices has a dramatic effect today on the region's economy. Together with integration, it has become increasingly clear that the region must develop its local energy endowment, which has generated a strong interest in renewable energy sources and technologies, such as hydropower, geothermal, and wind. Given its potential in the region, geothermal energy has attracted the attention of policymakers and private investors as a resource to further develop and supplement hydroelectric generation (and to reduce dependency on thermal generation). 2017-05-31T20:11:11Z 2017-05-31T20:11:11Z 2012-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/267231467979871864/Drilling-down-on-geothermal-potential-an-assessment-for-Central-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26812 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean |