SPE/PS/CHOA Paper Number SPE-117457-PP PS2008-349

Hot rocks have potential to fuel competitive, emission free and renewable electricity for centuries to come. This potential is stimulating Hot Rock projects worldwide, calling upon integrated expertise from the petroleum, minerals and power industries. Converting just 1% of the Australia's estimated crustal energy from depths between 150°C and 5 km (190 million PJ) to electricity would supply 26,000 years of Australia's 2005 primary power use, and that neither takes into account the renewable characteristics of hot rocks, nor resources below 5,000m. Factors that distinguish Australian Hot Rock resources are: