| Title | Geothermal resource potential of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, southwestern British Columbia (part of NTS 092J) - phase 2 |
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| Author | Grasby, S E ;
Calahorrano-Di Patre, A; Chen, Z; Dettmer, J; Gilbert, H;
Hanneson, C; Harris, M; Leiter, S; Liu, J; Muhammad, M;
Russell, K; Unsworth, M J; Williams-Jones, G; Yuan, W |
| Source | Geoscience BC, Report 2021 p. 75-80  Open Access |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20210397 |
| Publisher | Geoscience BC |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Geothermal resource potential
of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, southwestern British Columbia (part of NTS 092J) |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia |
| NTS | 92J/05; 92J/06; 92J/11; 92J/12; 92J/13; 92J/14 |
| Area | Mount Meager |
| Lat/Long WENS | -123.8150 -123.2817 50.7522 50.4617 |
| Subjects | geophysics; hydrogeology; structural geology; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; energy resources; geothermal energy; geothermal resources; geothermal potential; volcanoes; groundwater
temperatures; groundwater flow; flow rates; permeability; geophysical surveys; seismic surveys, ground; magnetotelluric surveys; gravity surveys, ground; bedrock geology; structural features; fractures; thermal springs; hot springs geochemistry;
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt; Renewable energy |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs |
| Program | Energy Geoscience
Geothermal Energy |
| Released | 2021 01 01 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Canada has committed to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050. This requires a significant increase in renewable energy supply for heating and
electrical generation. Most renewables, though, have intermittent supply (e.g., wind, solar) that requires storage solutions to be integrated into existing energy grids. Compared to other renewables, geothermal energy has numerous advantages: its low
environmental footprint, its ability to provide a stable baseload-power supply and the fact that it is dispatchable (capable of quickly ramping up and down to adjust to demand). Driven at the time by concerns over energy security, the Geological
Survey of Canada ran a Geothermal Energy Program from 1975 to 1985 that provided the first insight into geothermal energy potential in Canada (Jessop, 2008; Grasby et al., 2011). This program included highlighting the high-temperature resource
potential of volcanic belts in western Canada (Yukon and British Columbia [BC]). |
| GEOSCAN ID | 329223 |
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