What is the future of geothermal energy in canada?

The economics of geothermal electrical generation are based on three factors: how hot the underground resource is, how deep it is and how hard to drill through the rock above it is. read more

Geothermal space heating has decent opportunities for buildings in Canada to reduce the need for other forms of energy. There’s at least one upscale apartment building in Toronto that uses it, for example. However, that’s still fairly rare. read more

Canada has no commercial geothermal power plants, despite having abundant potential and, ironically, Canadian energy companies running geothermal power plants around the world. read more

Clearly, geothermal holds some pretty serious potential. In trying to predict what a clean energy future looks like, some, like the cleantech wiz Saul Griffith, figure geothermal will eventually account for around 1/6th of the world's power supply. read more