Geothermal energy is a renewable resource that can be used to generate electricity.
地热能是一种可再生资源，可以用来发电。
The
geothermal plant harnesses heat from the Earth's interior to produce power.
地热电站利用地球内部的热量来产生电力。
Iceland is famous for its extensive use of
geothermal energy for heating and electricity.
冰岛以其广泛使用地热能用于供暖和发电而闻名。
Geothermal reservoirs can provide a stable source of energy, unlike solar or wind power.
与太阳能或风能不同，地热储层可以提供稳定的能源。
The development of
geothermal technology has led to more efficient ways of tapping into the Earth's heat.
地热技术的发展导致了更有效利用地球热量的方法。
Geothermal systems are often used in green buildings to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
地热系统常被绿色建筑采用，以减少对化石燃料的依赖。
The cost of constructing a
geothermal power plant is high, but operating costs are relatively low.
建造地热电站的成本很高，但运营成本相对较低。
Geothermal heat pumps can be used for both heating and cooling in residential homes.
地源热泵可用于住宅房屋的加热和冷却。
The exploration for
geothermal resources requires specialized knowledge and equipment.
探索地热资源需要专门的知识和设备。
Geothermal energy has a minimal environmental impact compared to traditional fossil fuels.
与传统化石燃料相比，地热能对环境的影响最小。
With an eye on peaking carbon by 2025 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, the company has been pushing forward clean energy, including solar power, wind power, hydrogen, geothermal and the application of CCUS to ensure the capacity of new energy business to account for half of its total business by 2050, it said.
该公司表示，着眼于到2025年实现碳峰值，到2050年实现碳中和，该公司一直在推进清洁能源，包括太阳能、风能、氢气、地热和CCUS的应用，以确保到2050年新能源业务的能力占其总业务的一半。
The company will also continue promoting the industrial utilization of hydrogen energy, continuously increasing the scale of geothermal resource development and utilization and accelerating the transformation into a comprehensive 'oil, gas, thermal, electric, and hydrogen' energy company, it said in the 17th annual CNPC Corporate Social Responsibility Report released in Beijing on Thursday.
周四在北京发布的《中国石油天然气集团公司第十七次年度企业社会责任报告》中表示，公司还将继续推进氢能产业化利用，不断扩大地热资源开发利用规模，加快向“油、气、热、电、氢”综合能源公司转型。
It is being built by Sinopec Star Co, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec - the world's largest refiner by volume and the country's biggest geothermal developer.
它由中国石化集团公司的全资子公司中石化之星公司（Sinopec Star Co）建造，中石化是世界上产量最大的炼油商和中国最大的地热开发商。
According to China Energy, the company also actively laid out plans in clean energy projects last year, including solar power, wind power, hydrogen, geothermal and biomass.
据中国能源称，该公司去年还积极布局清洁能源项目，包括太阳能、风能、氢能、地热能和生物质。
As part of green transition efforts, the oilfield has been pushing forward the integration of solar, wind and geothermal power at the oilfield as the country is going full throttle on its green energy transition to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, he said.
他说，作为绿色转型努力的一部分，该油田一直在推进太阳能、风能和地热能在油田的整合，因为该国正在全力推进绿色能源转型，到2030年达到碳排放峰值，到2060年实现碳中和。
After years of development, China has become the global leader in solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal power generation as well as the largest market for electric vehicles.
经过多年的发展，中国已成为全球太阳能、风能、水电和地热发电的领导者，也是最大的电动汽车市场。
With an eye on peaking carbon by 2025 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, the company has been pushing forward clean energy, including solar power, wind power, hydrogen, geothermal and the application of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) to ensure the capacity of new energy business to account for half of its total business by 2050, it said.
该公司表示，着眼于到2025年实现碳峰值，到2050年实现碳中和，该公司一直在推进清洁能源，包括太阳能、风能、氢气、地热和碳捕获、利用和储存（CCUS）的应用，以确保到2050年新能源业务的能力占其总业务的一半。
At the same time, it will also step up the use of new energy and materials to meet growing demand for clean and high-quality energy, including the integrated development of wind and solar power and the industrial utilization of hydrogen, as well as the scale development and utilization of geothermal power.
同时，它还将加大新能源和新材料的使用力度，以满足对清洁和高质量能源日益增长的需求，包括风能和太阳能的一体化发展和氢气的工业利用，以及地热能的规模开发和利用。
In the field of geothermal heating, the company has developed 9.6 million square meters of newly added geothermal heating areas.
在地热供暖领域，公司已开发新增地热供暖面积960万平方米。
All of its 16 geothermal projects under operation nationwide are capable of replacing 350,000 tons of standard coal, equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by almost 1 million tons, it said.
该公司表示，其在全国运营的16个地热项目全部能够替代35万吨标准煤，相当于减少近100万吨二氧化碳排放。
Sinopec Star Petroleum Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Sinopec, has also been pushing forward the geothermal heating service for Hebei, Shaanxi and Shandong provinces.
中石化下属的中石化之星石油有限公司也一直在推进河北、陕西和山东省的地热供暖服务。
Geothermal heating regions in the northern parts of China has reached 68 million square meters so far, up 18.2 percent year-on-year.
截至目前，中国北方地热供暖面积已达6800万平方米，同比增长18.2%。
The factory applies multiple measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions, such as geothermal technologies, photovoltaic power generation, and the energy monitoring system.
该工厂采用多种措施来控制二氧化碳排放，如地热技术、光伏发电和能源监测系统。
China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil and gas company, has vowed to further step up forays in the geothermal, wind and solar sectors, while gearing up in the integrative development of gas power generation and new energy, a top company official said.
中国国家石油公司（中国最大的石油和天然气公司）的一位高级官员表示，该公司已承诺将进一步加大在地热、风能和太阳能领域的投资，并同时致力于天然气发电与新能源的融合发展。
While it has secured a contract area for geothermal heating of up to 10 million square meters during the first six months this year, progress is also being made in wind and solar projects, said Huang Yongzhang, president of PetroChina Co Ltd, the listed arm of State-owned CNPC.
中国石油天然气股份有限公司(中石油上市子公司)总裁黄永章表示,今年上半年,该公司已锁定1000万平方米的地热供暖市场,风电和光电项目也在稳步推进。
Current geothermal projects, distributed wind projects and photovoltaic projects under construction by the company are equivalent to 350,000 tons of standard coal, Huang said.
黄先生说，公司当前在建的地热、分散式风电和光伏项目相当于35万吨标准煤。
By 2025, the company plans to increase its proportion of natural gas production to 55 percent in addition to further investing in wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen, it said.
该公司计划到2025年将天然气生产比例提高到55%，并进一步投资风能、太阳能、地热能和氢能源，它说。
According to Ling Yiqun, deputy managing director of Sinopec, the company is stepping up forays into the new energy sectors including shale gas, coal bed gas, geothermal, hydrogen and wind power, while putting more efforts developing cleaner oil products and a modern petrochemical industry, to make the company a world-leading clean energy petrochemical company.
中国石化副总经理凌逸群表示，公司正在加快进入包括页岩气、煤层气、地热、氢和风能等新能源领域，同时加大开发更清洁的石油产品和现代石化产业的力度，以使公司成为世界领先的清洁能源石化公司。
PetroChina plans to invest in wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen, while CNOOC will expand its offshore wind power business.
中国石油计划投资风能、太阳能、地热能和氢能，而中海油则将扩大其海上风电业务。
This is in accordance with the company's plan to further explore the new energy sector, with focus on wind power, solar power, geothermal and hydrogen power.
这符合该公司进一步探索新能源领域的计划，重点是风能、太阳能、地热能和氢能。
The company's geothermal heating capacity reached 57 million square meters and is capable of providing clean heating for 500,000 households.
该公司的地热供暖能力达到了5700万平方米，能够为50万户家庭提供清洁供暖。
They include distributed energy, solar power, geothermal and hydrogen power.
The company has steadily pushed forward its new energy business, including offshore wind power, while advancing studies in fields of hydrogen energy, geothermal energy and natural gas hydrate, towards a sustainable development of the country.
As the government is stepping up efforts to boost domestic energy supply, the country's major national oil companies, including CNPC, China National Offshore Oil Corp and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, the country's biggest geothermal developer, have been enhancing oil and gas exploration recently, aiming to increase domestic oil and natural gas production at the world's largest crude oil importer.
Officials at the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE) recently told Xinhua that the East African country is working to reach 17,300 MW of energy by the end of 2020, from the current 4,280 MW of energy through energy projects in hydro, wind, geothermal and biomass energy.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, the country's biggest geothermal developer, vows to further develop geothermal energy nationwide, using lessons learnt from the geothermal heating area in Xiongxian county, part of the Xiongan New Area.
The company, also known as Sinopec, has replaced coal with geothermal energy in 10 cities nationwide so far, including Daming in Hebei province and Qingfeng in Henan province, said Ma Yongsheng, president of Sinopec Corp, during the 2018 China Geothermal Energy International Forum in Shanghai on Tuesday.
Geothermal energy, energy that is harnessed from heat underground for heating or electricity production, is considered sustainable and clean.
Sinopec, the world's largest refiner by volume, eyes to boost its geothermal heating capacity to 120 million cubic meters by 2023, and replace coal with geothermal energy in 20 cities nationwide by 2023.
China, meanwhile, aims to increase its installed geothermal energy capacity by 500 gigawatts from 2016 to 2020, according to the 13th Five-Year Plan for geothermal energy released in 2016, the first such plan in this field.
Considering the massive resources of geothermal energy in the country, which accounts for one sixth of the global total amount, analysts believe the exploration and development of the clean energy plays a significant role in the country's energy optimization and security.
Regions heated by geothermal energy in China have exceeded 150 square kilometers so far, with a substantial boost seen in recent years.
The northern part of China, with sufficient geothermal energy, aims to have 1000 square kilometers of geothermal energy heated regions by 2021.
The department will continuously push forward the development of geothermal energy and contribute to global push of energy optimization, Liang added.
Shu said the company is also eyeing opportunities to jointly develop new energy in Africa, as many countries on the continent, with abundant solar, wind, geothermal and hydroelectric energy resources, are seeking to use more new energy resources as thermal power involves relatively higher costs.
As a major supplier of geothermal heating in China, the company, which is also the nation's largest oil refiner, aims to boost its geothermal heating capacity to 120 million cu m by 2023, accounting for 40 percent of the domestic market, said Lyu Dapeng, spokesperson of the company.
Geothermal heating will also provide clean energy heating to more than 2.1 million urban residents by 2023, particularly in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi.
In 2016, by replacing coal with geothermal energy, the geothermal heating area in Xiongxian county, part of Xiongan New Area, reached 4.5 million square meters, making it the first region to achieve Sinopec's target of becoming a smokeless area.
"China accounts for one-sixth of the world's geothermal energy.
At present, available geothermal power each year is equivalent to 640 million tons of standard coal, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.3 billion tons," Lyu said.
Workers check out equipment at Sinopec Star Petroleum Ltd. [Photo/VCG]State-owned China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, also known as Sinopec, said it will further develop geothermal energy in Xiongan New Area, Hebei province, as it seeks to make the smog-ridden region smokeless.
Sinopec Star Petroleum Ltd, Sinopec's geothermal energy development arm, said it would increase the geothermal and other new-energy heating area in Xiongan by 10 million square meters to 16 million sq m in 2017.
In 2016, by replacing coal with geothermal energy, the geothermal heating area in Xiongxian county, part of Xiongan New Area, reached 4.5 million sq m, making it the first region to achieve its smokeless city plan.
Geothermal energy is the heat from earth, which is sustainable and clean.
Lyu Dapeng, director of the publicity department of Sinopec Group, said the oil giant and the Hebei provincial government agreed early this year to promote the use of geothermal energy in Xiongan New Area.
"We aim to make the region an example of geothermal energy utilization for the world," said Lyu.
The company wants to create 20 smokeless cities during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), covering 100 million sq m. "The country accounts for one-sixth of the world's geothermal energy.
At present, available geothermal power each year is equivalent to 640 million metric tons of standard coal, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.3 billion tons," Lyu said.
In 2016, to promote clean energy development and improve the environment, China launched the 13th Five-Year Plan for geothermal energy, the first such plan in this field.
According to the plan, the country plans to increase its installed geothermal energy capacity by 500 gigawatts by 2020.
[Photo/VCG]Refiner to create 20 smokeless cities by replacing coal with clean energyState-owned China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, also known as Sinopec Corp, said it will further develop geothermal energy in Xiongxian county, Hebei province, as it seeks to make the region smokeless.
The company said its geothermal energy heating capacity in Xiongxian has reached 4.5 million square meters by July.
It now plans to create 20 smokeless cities nationwide replacing coal with geothermal energy, covering 100 million sq m during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).
Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth, which is considered sustainable and clean.
"Geothermal energy has the capacity to partially replace coal-fired heat and reduce carbon footprint, especially in big cities," said Wang Zizong, deputy chief engineer of Sinopec Corp, Asia's largest refiner.
According to Sinopec, up to 60 percent of the Xiongxian county is rich in geothermal energy resources, with its reserves of hydro-geologic water amounting to 82.1 billion cubic meters.
Sinopec has cooperated with Iceland in geothermal energy development long ago.
It signed a framework agreement on the expansion of geothermal development and cooperation with Orka Energy Holding Ehf in 2012 and formed a joint venture with the company in 2006.
China is rich in geothermal energy resources, with the Tibet autonomous region, and Yunnan and Sichuan provinces considered the best among them.
The country plans to boost geothermal energy generation in these areas.
During the 2016-2020 period, China plans to increase installed capacity in the geothermal segment by 500 gigawatts, attracting 40 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) in investment.
Meanwhile, China will also enlarge the geothermal heating area by 1.1 billion sq m. By 2020, China will have 530 million watts of installed capacity in geothermal power as well as 1.6 billion sq m geothermal heating area, according to the country's energy planner.
Zhang Jiehui, deputy governor of Hebei province, said the geothermal resource in Hebei province equals 5 billion tons of standard coal, ranking second in the country.
The Ethiopian government plans to increase its electricity generation capacity from the current 4,200 mW to about 17,300 mW by 2020 using hydro, wind, geothermal, biomass and solar energy.
Deals signed during the forum included Saudi Arabian Oil Co taking a stake in CNPC's Yunnan refinery, a $4 billion agreement for a natural gas processing plant in Azerbaijan with State Oil Co of Azerbaijan, gas storage and gas-fired power projects with Russia's Gazprom PJSC, and a geothermal project in Kenya, it said.
According to Sichuan's power grid development plan for 2022-25, the province will also accelerate the construction of the integrated renewable energy development base of hydropower, wind power and solar power on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and promote the development of biomass and geothermal energy in line with local conditions.
The city will also continue to expand the use of clean energy, such as solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, and industrial waste heat, while promoting the integration of renewable energy-based and conventional fossil energy-based heating systems.
The transaction will further facilitate the country's renewable energy development including biomass, geothermal, hydropower and others, it said.
Botto highlighted the long-standing cooperation between the CGS and Argentina's geological departments, which has made significant progress in areas like geochemical research, lithium resource investigation and geothermal resource research.
Local authorities are encouraged to further utilize local renewable resources such as hydropower, wind power, solar power, biomass and geothermal energy at a county or township level, so as to increase the proportion of green electricity used in rural areas, it said.
It also partially replaced natural gas heating with geothermal, solar thermal and air-source heat, achieving a yearly replacement of 600,000 cubic meters of natural gas.
The administration also aims to further accelerate the development and utilization of geothermal, wind and solar energy resources related to oil and gas fields, while actively promoting an environmentally friendly, energy-saving, emission-reducing and multi-energy integrated oil and gas production system and striving to build "low-carbon" and "zero-carbon "oil and gas fields, it said.
Meanwhile, China has developed solar, biomass, geothermal and ocean energy, and power generation through urban solid waste incineration in accordance with local conditions.
China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, the world's largest refiner by volume and the country's biggest geothermal developer, vows to further tap geothermal energy sources as part of the widespread adoption of renewable energy nationwide.
The geothermal heating service of the oil giant will provide emissions-free heating for residential areas, adding up to nearly 85 million square meters this winter, covering millions of households in more than 60 cities and counties in Tianjin and in Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and Hubei provinces.
The company's more than 700 geothermal heating stations are expected to reduce about 4.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, it said.
Geothermal energy — heat emanating from the Earth — is considered sustainable and clean.
Geothermal energy is not unusual in China — the Tibet autonomous region and Yunnan and Sichuan provinces are considered some of the best source regions.
The country plans to boost geothermal energy generation in those areas.
Sinopec expects to boost its geothermal capacity to heat 120 million cubic meters of space by 2023 and significantly reduce coal consumption with geothermal energy in 20 cities nationwide next year.
China has stepped up its efforts to develop geothermal energy in recent years, said Luo Zuoxian, head of intelligence and research at the Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute.
The nation is doing this because geothermal heating is by far the most economical means of heating available and also an answer for China's carbon neutrality goals, he said.
China considers geothermal energy as a key heating source and has been actively working on detailed measures to further utilize this clean energy.
Recent figures show that the installed capacity for geothermal energy that can be used directly in China has reached 40.6 gigawatts, 38 percent of the world's total.
"With its commitment to utilize geothermal energy in its effort to make cities free of air pollution, China has encouraged incredible growth in geothermal heating capacity," said Alexander Richter, president of the International Geothermal Association.
Sinopec Green Energy Geothermal Development Co Ltd, the geothermal heating arm of Sinopec, has formed a joint venture with Icelandic partner Arctic Green Energy, and it vows to grow its business by 25 percent annually for the next few years, given the increasing demand for clean heating.
Nuclear, biological and geothermal projects playing significant role in China's green goalsGreen energy is expected to contribute more to clean heating in China, as the Chinese government calls for large-scale new energy deployment to further facilitate its 2060 carbon neutrality goal.
China Petrochemical Corp, also known as Sinopec and the world's largest refiner by volume, has for years been developing the nation's geothermal energy.
With more than 700 heating stations, the company's geothermal heating service covers nearly 85 million square meters in more than 60 cities and counties in Tianjin and in Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hubei and other provinces.
"I once worked on a project that aimed to replace some daily household electricity with shallow geothermal energy, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions brought by fossil energy used in daily electricity generation," Hu said.
Consumption of newly added renewable energy, including wind, solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal power, will not be included in the total energy consumption control in China, said a statement jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Bureau of Statistics and the National Energy Administration on Wednesday.
Renewable energy is a kind of clean energy that is collected from natural renewable resources such as wind, sunlight, water, biomass and geothermal resources.
Total renewable energy consumption will reach 1 billion tons of standard coal by 2025, according to the country's renewable energy development plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), while the scale of non-electric utilization including geothermal heating, biomass heating and fuel, as well as solar heat utilization, will also exceed 60 million tons of standard coal.
According to the renewable energy development plan during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, total renewable energy consumption will reach one billion tons of standard coal by 2025, while the scale of non-electric utilization including geothermal heating, biomass heating and fuel, as well as solar heat utilization, will exceed 60 million tons of standard coal.
French mining company Eramet has also extracted lithium from geothermal brine in Alsace, eastern France, a technological breakthrough that could open up further exploration in the River Rhine basin.
Some regions boast geothermal resources as well," he said.
“有些地区也有地热资源，”他说。
Located in Shanxi province, the 20-megawatt distributed wind power project, including eight wind turbines with on-grid power reaching 42.87 million kilowatts every year, is in accordance with the company's plan to further explore the new energy sector, with a focus on wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen power.
这个20兆瓦分布式风电项目位于山西省，包括8台风力发电机，每年并网发电量达到4287万千瓦时。这符合该公司进一步探索新能源领域的计划，重点是风能、太阳能、地热和氢能。
The city will continue to promote the use of clean energy including natural gas, electricity, geothermal, biomass and solar energy and give corresponding subsidies.
Li said the industry base will construct a number of high-end projects, including advanced coal gasification and large-scale processing projects, while developing more flexible electric power generation capacities that show high efficiency with low cost from wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy.
The industry base will also work hard to overcome technical challenges to build a cluster of clean energy projects, such as in geothermal utilization and shale gas, he said.