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pfdietz 2 hours ago

Geothermal is also looking promising, probably more so than nuclear.

JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Geothermal is also looking promising

Europe should absolutely develop it. But it's no panacea.

Optimistically, "around 43 GW of enhanced geothermal capacity in the European Union could be developed at costs below 100 €/MWh" [1]. That's 3% of European energy demand [2].

[1] https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/hot-stuff-geotherma...

[2] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... 36.6k PJ/year ~ 1,160 GW

stop50 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Especially in the eiffel region.