Geothermal power in Australia

[1] There are locations that have been shown to contain hot granites at depth which hold good potential for development of geothermal energy.

[4] Parts of central Tasmania have been identified by KUTh Energy as having the potential to generate up to 280MW of power.

Of the larger projects, Geodynamics Cooper Basin demonstration plant managed to progress the furthest.

A Cooper Basin demonstration project to assess the potential of hot-rock geothermal energy for zero-emission, base-load power was built by Geodynamics.

[6] However, the project was abandoned after being assessed as uneconomic due to a combination of the cost of commercialising generation and the remoteness of the site.