Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential : An Assessment for Central America

Economic growth in Central America has increased rapidly over the past 20 years. Currently, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita for the six Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama ave...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR AIR QUALITY ALTERNATIVE METHODS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER BIOMASS POWER PLANTS BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIRDS BOILING POINT CAPACITY FACTOR CAPACITY FACTOR INCREASES CAPACITY FACTORS CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 COAL COAL COMBUSTION COAL GAS COAL PLANT COAL PRICES COLD WATER COLLOIDS COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION TURBINE COMBUSTION TURBINES COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONVECTION CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES COST OF ENERGY CRUDE OIL DECISION MAKING DIESEL DOMESTIC ENERGY DOMESTIC ENERGY RESOURCES DOMESTIC HEATING DRILLING DRILLING ACTIVITIES DRY STEAM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY ENDOWMENT ENERGY FUND ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY MARKET ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FISH FIXED COSTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL OILS FUEL REQUIREMENTS GAS GAS INDUSTRY GAS PRICES GAS TURBINES GASES GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS GEOTHERMAL GEOTHERMAL CAPACITY GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION GEOTHERMAL FIELD GEOTHERMAL FLUID GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS GEOTHERMAL GENERATION GEOTHERMAL HEAT GEOTHERMAL PLANT GEOTHERMAL PLANTS GEOTHERMAL POWER GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS GEOTHERMAL PROJECT GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES GEOTHERMAL SITE GEOTHERMAL SITES GEOTHERMAL SOURCES GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY GEOTHERMAL WELLS GREEN FIELD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HEAVY FUEL OIL HOT DRY ROCK HOT WATER HYDRO PLANT HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROPOWER INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER INJECTION PROCESS INJECTION WELLS IPCC LNG METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OIL COST OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTS PEAK DEMAND PEAK LOADS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POWER POWER CAPACITY POWER COMPANY POWER DEMAND POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PRODUCER POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR PLANNING POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SOURCES POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PROCESS HEAT PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC UTILITIES RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT DEVELOPERS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY TARIFFS RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS RENEWABLE POWER RENEWABLE RESOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RURAL AREAS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEISMIC DATA SMALL HYDRO SMALL POWER SOLUBILITY STEAM FIELD STEAM PRODUCTION STEAM TURBINE STEAM TURBINES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECTOR TAX CREDITS TEMPERATURE THERMAL GENERATIONS TRANSMISSION GRID TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TURBINE TURBINE GENERATOR TURBINE RUNNING TURBINES UNEP WATER QUALITY WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARMS
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