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This page discusses the world wide locations where zero emission geothermal desalination is likely feasible. It will also link to some of the same locations as other pages of the site for convenience. The list is alphabetic, and not necessarily by country, this may be a region, for instance, Tasmania is an island but a province of Australia, it is listed separately simply because it is an island. Each will become a link as we develop more information on each. These are listed because there is some data or indicator that leads one to a reasonable assumption that heat will be found. Again though, to Australia, it is not near a plate boundary as many of these are, but the data is well understood, and so forth.
If you consider the implications of the US maps, there is some heat everywhere and in a large portion of the area covered by maps, most areas have sufficient heat to operate this system, then you can see that this list is like a bit short.
There are a few files common to all as they relate to the world: World Geothermal Zones and Plate Tectonics, both a NASA plate map and a plate directional map. In the NASA images below (NASA WorldWind) the red lines are subduction zones, green, transitional faults, and purple lines are slip faults.
Albania, Gradient Map, Heat flow density map, PDF, Other information
Algeria (Moracco, Tunisia) Image, PDF, Other information. Africa is moving north subducting the plate above it causing the mountainous area that crosses the northernmost part of Africa. There are known resources in the area but currenlty un developed with the exception of 240 hot springs and wells in the norther areas for direct used for greenhouses, spas, and so forth. Similar but less valuable are the fields in Moracco, also having potential direct uses, and, again, if it is hot at the surface, then it is hotter the lower you go. Tunisia also has numerous direct used of geothermal energy.
Australia, Image, Image, Image, Analytical Correspondence, Other information
Bangladesh, Image, PDF, Other information
Bosnia, Image, PDF, Other information
Caribbean, Images: Cayman Islands , Western Caribbean, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, PDF, Other information Volcanism in the area (Google Image)
Columbia, Image, PDF, Volcanism in the area (Google Image), Other information
Costa Rica, NASA Plate Boundary, Volcanism, also here, PDF, Other information
Croatia, NASA Plate Boundary, PDF, Other information
Cyprus, Image, PDF, Other information
Dead Sea Area/solution, NASA Lateral Slip Fault Location, PDF, Other information
Djibouti, NASA Plate Boundary, PDF, Volcanism in the area (Google Image), Other information
Ecuador, Image, Volcanism in the area (Google Image), PDF, Other information
Egypt, Image, PDF, Other information. Egypt is known to have geothermal resources along the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. The extent of those resources needs more study, however, on the Sinai side of the Gulf are numerous hot springs and that area is in particular of interest.
England, Image, PDF, Other information
Eritrea, Image, PDF, Volcanism in the area (Google Image), Other information
France, Image, PDF, Other information
Greece, Image, PDF, Other information
Guatemala, Image, volcanism, also here, PDF, Other information
Honduras, Image, volcanism, PDF, Other information
India, NASA Map, Geothermal, earthquake map, PDF, Other information
Indonesia, NASA Plate Boundary Image, Energy Map, PDF, Other information
Iran. This information is provided simply because it is available. We will not work with Iran at this time. Iran is on the edge of a subduction zone running under the gulf area and inland from this, the mountains are volcanic. There ought to be plenty of geothermal energy along its coastlines for this or similar low to medium enthalpy geothermal uses.
Iraq, as above, is politically unstable at this time.
Israel, unfortunately does not produce any geothermal maps, however, it does have geothermal energy as evidenced by its production using the ORMAT units. We will be working on this soon. The question is only how deep and how hot is it. The eastern boundary, the Dead Sea rift area is a lateral slip fault and there certainly in heat in that region. This could possibly be used to desalinate Red Sea water pumped, then flowed down to the area, the problem being getting rid of the salts. Difficult, but by no means impossible.
Italy, Image, PDF, Other information, Google Earth Volcanism image
Japan, Image, PDF, Other information
Lebanon, Image, PDF, Other information. Again, not much information, however, we are researching this.
Malaysia, Image, PDF, Other information
Mexico, Image, Baja area, Volcanism in the north west and in Baja area (Google Images) PDF, Other information
Morocco, has very little information available though the gap between Moracco and Spain is a subduction zone and heat again, is often associated with those areas. There are interesting potential uses and known shallow resources for direct uses.
Myanmar, Image, PDF, Other information
New Caledonia, Image, PDF, Other information
New Guinea, Image, PDF, Other information, Volcanism
New Zealand, NASA, GEOTHERMAL. There is no question of geothermal in New Zealand, that have a large active field used for electricity production.
Nicaragua, Image, volcanism, PDF, Other information
Oman, Image, PDF, Other information
Pakistan, Image, PDF, Other information
Panama, Image, volcanism, PDF, Other information, Volcanism in the area from Google Earth
Peru, Image, PDF, Other information Volcanism in the area (Google Image)
Philippines, Image, PDF, Volcanism in the area (Google Image), Other information
S. Korea, Image, PDF, Other information
Samoa, Tonga, Image, PDF, Other information
Saudi Arabia, Image, Problems with R.O.(PDF), Volcanism in the area (Google Image), Other information
Serbia, Image, PDF, Other information
Solomom Islands, Image, PDF, Other information
Tasmania, Image, PDF, Other information
Vanuatu sits on a subduction zone. The probability is high that there will be geothermal heat there.
Yemen, Volcanism. Yemen is nestled into numerous faults, compare that image to this and this
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