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ELECTRICITY GENERATION
 
No geothermal power installations have been reported for Venezuela
 
DIRECT USES
 
Total thermal installed capacity in MWt:
0.7
Direct use in TJ/year
14
Direct use in GWh/year
3.9
Capacity factor
0.63
 
No report was filed on the utilization in this country; however, based on a report by Urbani, (1999), Lund and Freeston (2001) estimated 0.7 MWt and 14 TJ/yr for several small spas.

Taken from the paper by John W. Lund, Derek H. Freeston, and Tonya L. Boyd: "World-Wide Direct Uses of Geothermal Energy 2005", published in Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2005, Antalya, Turkey, 24-29 April 2005.
Lund, J. W. and D. H. Freeston, (2001). World-wide Direct Uses of Geothermal Energy 2000, Geothermics, 30(1), pp. 29-68.
Urbani, F. (1999). Geothermal Resources in the El Pilar Region, IGA News 30, Pisa, Italy, p. 11.
A Hypertext Document by Li Bellucci, Marnell Dickson, and Mario Fanelli



 

No report on the use of geothermal resources was made available for WGC2010. Personal communication with Urbani (2009) indicated that there has been no change since 2005. Thus, the figures of 0.7 MWt and 14 TJ/yr estimated for several small spas is used.

Taken from the paper by John W. Lund, Derek H. Freeston, and Tonya L. Boyd: "Direct Utilization of Geothermal Energy 2010 Worldwide Review"; published in Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2010, Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010