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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 5.40 GMT |
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Sri Lanka is to explore the potential of using geothermal power, under the directive of the Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS), with the assistance of the Government Geological Survey and Mines Bureau.
World renowned experts on geothermal power are to begin a survey to locate geothermal energy sources and produce a resource map for Sri Lanka. It is believed that Sri Lanka has 11 hot springs that can produce geothermal power.
According to the geologists, Sri Lanka, though not located in a volcanic terrain, has 11 hot springs associated with a geological and tectonic boundary that covers a 300-km stretch from Kinniya in Trincomalee to Hambantota.
The experts will be using a modern scientific technique known as Magneto Tellurics (MT) to map out the geothermal reservoirs. “This is the first time that MT technique is being used in Sri Lanka for locating underlying geothermal energy sources and the results will be of great benefit to Sri Lanka,” said the project’s initiator, Prof. C.B. Dissanayake, Director of the (IFS), the pioneer geologist who had promoted the use of geothermal energy for power generation as early as the 1980s.
The MT survey will commence from the Southern region of the tectonic belt at Mahapelessa in Hambantota and will continue up to the North. The survey is scheduled to finish end of August.
Geothermal energy which is cost effective, reliable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly is widely regarded as renewable and clean energy. It is being used in more than 20 countries.
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