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6.8 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Geothermal generation refers to harnessing of the geothermal energy or the vast reservoir of heat stored in the earth’s inner core. Below the earth’s crust, there is a layer of hot and molten rock called ‘magma’. Heat is continually produced there, mostly from the decay of naturally radioactive materials such as uranium and potassium.


 

How is it capturedPotential in IndiaOrogenic regions:Non-orogenic regions:Potential Sites:Recent Developments:Transmission barrier