CanGEA releases new BC geothermal resource estimate maps
Mount Robson, Fraser-Fort George, BC/ Canada (source: flickr/ CanadaGood, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
1 Eki 2014
CanGEA has recently made available for everyone extensive maps and resources pinpointing updated estimations of geothermal resources in BC, Canada.
British Columbia has enormous potential to produce geothermal power. As described by CanGEA, “The most conservative view of the Technical Potential of geothermal power in British Columbia is 5,500 MW”
According to the website, “the data produced by the British Columbia Resource Estimate Mapping project created using the NTS (National Topographic System) grid cell data commonly used throughout Canada. The data has been made available to you to download and use for personal, academic and business use in order to assess and identify geothermal resource potential. The data is intended to serve as a geothermal exploration tool for making informed business decisions and mitigating investment risks.”
To read the key findings, please follow this link
Please find bellow the links to the different maps:
- BC Map Images
- BC Database
- All Completed Well Data (unfiltered)
- All Quality Assurance / Quality Control Well Data (Filtered)
- Resource Estimate Data
Source: CanGEA
