Geothermal energy in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

is a branch of the

energy industry The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution. Modern society consumes large amounts of fuel, and the energy indu ...

, expanding quickly over the last several years. According to a

UNDP The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

assessment (CEDRO project), the

geothermal energy Geothermal energy is the thermal energy in the Earth's crust which originates from the formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of materials in currently uncertain but possibly roughly equal proportions. The high temperature and pres ...

theoretically available in Lebanon is 10⁹

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or 70,000 the amount of energy needed in Lebanon per year although the technologies at the time of study allow for the extraction of only 10% of that amount, i.e. 10⁸ GWh or 7,000 times the yearly energy demand of Lebanon. Additionally, the study concludes that for reasons regarding the safety of EGS technologies, only hydrothermal techniques could be appropriate for Lebanon. These techniques theoretically allow for the extraction of only 1.2 . 10⁵ GWh. The CEDRO project proposes "an optimistic but realistic scenario" for the implementation of this technology that would allow for the production of 0.2% of the total energy demand for 2025 via geothermal means. The study includes a geothermal atlas for the country and estimates the current overall potential of geothermal heat and power generation.

Geothermal power

Lebanese energy and water ministry intend to meet 0.2 percent target of Lebanon’s total power energy needs with geothermal sources by 2025.

Geothermal for cooling and heating

Implementation

Lebanese private sector and UNDP are beginning to design and install high performance ground source heating pump aiming to provide heating, cooling and hot water demand from the ground

heat sink A heat sink (also commonly spelled heatsink) is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, th ...

. These implementations allow the beneficiaries to save big amount of energy on cooling and heating. UNDP geothermal project in Bejjeh
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Quality and cost efficiency

Geothermal heat pumps use much less energy than conventional heating systems and have the best

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. Units are very smooth, quiet in operation and very reliable comparable to a refrigerator since the units are not subjected to wear and tear caused by snow, rain and sun. Thus the

Bank of Lebanon Banque du Liban (BdL, ar, مصرف لبنان, English: Bank of Lebanon) is the central bank of Lebanon. It was established on August 1, 1963, and became fully operational on April 1, 1964. It is currently headed by Riad Salameh. One of the ma ...

in cooperation with the IBL bank offer loans of 0% interest rate and up to 15 years repayment period. In addition, a grant is offered by the

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Geothermal power

Geothermal for cooling and heating

Implementation

Quality and cost efficiency

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