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ELECTRICITY GENERATION
 
There is no installed geothermal generating capacity as for December 2009.
 
DIRECT USES
 
Total thermal installed capacity in MWt:
360.1
Direct use in TJ/year
6,662.4
Direct use in GWh/year
1,839.7
Capacity factor
0.58
 
 A significant number of low temperature resources (<90oC) have been identified in the continental area, but the potential for high temperature geothermal systems appears to be restricted to the Atlantic islands of Fernando de Noronha and Trindade. Most of the springs that account for the potential are located in the west central Brazil (in the states of Goiás and Mato Grosso) and in the south (in the state of Santa Catarina).

The potential for large scale exploitation of low temperature geothermal water for industrial use and space heating is considered to be significant in the central part of the Paraná basin (situated at southern and southeastern Brazil), where cold winter seasons prevail under subtropical climate conditions.

The various applications of direct use are:

0.9 MWt and 15.4 TJ/yr for fish farming,
4.20 MWt and 77.0 TJ/yr for an industrial wool processing plant ;
355 MWt and 6530 TJ/yr for bathing and swimming,

for a total of 360.1 MWt and 6622.4 TJ/yr
 

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