Geothermal power potential at the western coastal part of Saudi Arabia

Mohamed T. Hussein, Aref Lashin, Abdulaziz Al Bassam, Nassir Al Arifi and Ibrahim Al Zahrani

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 26, issue C, 668-684

Abstract: Saudi Arabia is enriched by many geothermal resources that are located along the western coastal part of the Red Sea, in the form of a number of hot springs and many volcanic eruptions. Wadi Al-Lith is considered one of the most promising geothermal targets that encounter many hot springs with a good surface temperature upto 95°C. This paper aims mainly to evaluate the geothermal potential of the main hot spring at Wadi Al-Lith area (Ain Al Harrah). The available remote sensing images are analyzed and a number of 2D electric resistivity profiles are interpreted to delineate the surface geological lineaments and the subsurface structural elements that control the movement of the thermal water. It is found that the main surface lineaments are structurally oriented along NNE–SSW and NE–SW directions with a frequency percentage of 52% and an average lineament length of 835m. Furthermore the subsurface structural elements, as inferred from the interpretation of the geophysical 2D electric profiles, have assumed the same directions beside the NW–SE direction.

Keywords: Geothermal energy; Surface lineation; 2D electric profiles; Reserve estimation; Wadi Al-Lith (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.05.073

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