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Earth's heat and Geothermal power plants

Energy flows from earth's heat to geothermal power plants.

Earth's heat (energy) and Geothermal power plants (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Energy flow

Physical flow · 77% of flow · Earth's heat → Geothermal power plants

Hot steam or brine from deep reservoirs is piped up to turbines.

  • 77% of Earth's heat's energy goes this way

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