地热能源利用现状及发展前景

随着社会发展以及人们生活观念、环境和能源等发生变化，化石燃料高峰时代被逐渐削弱。虽然石油天然气在未来仍继续保持主导地位，但可再生能源将获得较大发展。与传统能源相比，生物质能、风能和地热能等资源更具备商业竞争力。地热能储存于地下，不受气候条件的影响，既可作为基本负荷能，也可作为峰值负荷能使用。从其开发利用成本来看，地热能源相对于其他可再生能源更有发展潜力。

THE UTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECT OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCE

With the development of society, the human conception toward life, the environment and the energy have all changed significantly. The peak of fossil fuel era has been weakening gradually. Oil and gas are expected to continue to be the dominant sources of energy in all cases, but the renewable energy and geothermal energy will also be developed greatly. Biomass, wind and geothermal energy are commercially competitive with conventional energy. Comparing with other renewable energies, geothermal energy is stored underground and independent of weather. It can be used both for base load and peak power. Furthermore, with respecting to the cost of explorations and exploitation, geothermal energy has more future development potential.