{"id":2692,"date":"2025-03-20T23:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T23:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse.ingv.it\/geothermal-energy\/geothermal-resources\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:41:55","slug":"geothermal-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pulse.ingv.it\/en\/geothermal-energy\/geothermal-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Geothermal Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2692\" class=\"elementor elementor-2692 elementor-2071\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48faac7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48faac7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5473439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5473439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6379d2f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6379d2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The distribution of geothermal energy on Earth, and more generally of the geological systems from which it can be extracted (geothermal resource), is closely linked to the planet&#8217;s geological structure. <br>The areas of <strong>highest geothermal activity<\/strong> and therefore with <strong>high terrestrial heat flow<\/strong>, are mainly concentrated along the <strong>tectonic plate 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types<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00edcec elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00edcec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geothermal resources are classified according to their thermal content and therefore their temperature, and are divided into <strong>low<\/strong>, <strong>medium<\/strong> and <strong>high temperature<\/strong> resources. Generally in Italy, the classification follows these values:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec845ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec845ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e304d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7e304d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/pulse.ingv.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/calore_0-1.webm\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" muted=\"muted\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9714960 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9714960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>heat <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from a geothermal resource can be <\/span><b>used directly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and\/or <\/span><b>indirectly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depending on its temperature.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Direct uses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can include heating buildings, greenhouses and swimming pools, district heating, fish farming, milk pasteurization, malt fermentation in brewing, and many other industrial processes. These applications directly use hot water or steam extracted from underground.<\/span><\/p><p><b>While indirect uses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> primarily involve electricity generation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7c899a elementor-fixed e-transform elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"a7c899a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:180,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjYzMSwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"Livello_1\" viewBox=\"0 0 104 178\"><defs><style>      .st0 {        fill: #f78f47;      }    <\/style><\/defs><polygon points=\"2 151.7 2 26.9 26.3 2.4 102 77.9 102 100.1 26.3 175.6 2 151.7\"><\/polygon><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M26.3,3.8l74.7,74.5v21.3L26.3,174.2l-23.3-22.9V27.3L26.3,3.8M26.3,1L1,26.5v125.6l25.3,24.9,76.7-76.5v-23L26.3,1h0Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES The distribution of geothermal energy on Earth, and more generally of the geological systems from which it can be extracted (geothermal resource), is closely linked to the planet&#8217;s geological structure. The areas of highest geothermal activity and therefore with high terrestrial heat flow, are mainly concentrated along the tectonic plate boundaries. 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