Steam Resources will be constructing a pilot plant in the Beetaloo Basin with estimates showing the region contains 84,000 Petajoules in stored geothermal energy (equivalent to 3.7 billion barrels of oil) and its strategic proximity to the Port of Darwin.
The Company’s Beetaloo Basin and north-west tenure in the Northern Territory are intersected by the planned Sun Cable development.
The Sun Cable project aims to transmit 17 to 20 GW of power from the Northern Territory directly to Singapore via an above ground and underwater power cable.
Sun Cable has announced plans to build construct a solar array near Elliot in the Northern Territory.
Sun Cable investors include Grok Ventures (Mike Cannon-Brookes) and Squadron Energy (Andrew Forrest).
Based on the above results of Origin Energy and the initial geological and geophysical desktop work conducted by the Company, it is estimated that GEP 33168 would, on a conservative basis, contain in excess of 84,000 petajoules (PJ) of stored geothermal energy at a depth of 3km. For context, that is the equivalent energy of more than 13.7 billion Barrels of Oil (BOE) (further context of a PJ).
Based on a reasonably assumed 20% heat recovery to surface and 10% electrical conversion, the generating capacity of the field would theoretically in the order of 460,000 GW(h).
The electrolyser could operate within the Beetaloo or at the Port of Bing Bong (“on the dock”) with the appropriate access to infrastructure.
© Steam Resources.
All rights reserved.
Sign up to our newsletter to be a part of the solution