5. Economic aspects
Geothermal energy is capital-intensive. It generally requires high levels of investment, but has the advantage of relatively low operating costs. A distinction is generally made between the cost of access to the resource (investment cost) and the cost of end use (production cost).
5.1 Power generation
Investment costs depend on many factors.
The first concerns the size of the production units. Generally speaking, geothermal power plants are...
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