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Most of the 50 geothermal wells in georgia are of medium 500 m to moderate 20003000 m depth and supply water at temperatures ranging from 4060c and 80100c. Proceedings world geothermal congress 2015 melbourne, australia, 1925 april 2015 1 ieageothermal. Geothermal field development requires a gradual process that is quite long and requires a substantial investment costs. Feb 26, 20 gea geothermal energy industry briefing presentation on february 26, 20 in washington, d. Coso has an installed capacity of 250 megawatts mw, which distributes its power to southern california. The hydrodynamic digital model project buntebarth g 1,kapanadze n2, kobzev g2 and melikadze g 2 1 geophysikalischtechnisches buro, burgstaetter str.
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