PDF Publication Title:
Text from PDF Page: 071
company, with some nominal supervision from SERNA, the natural resources secretariat. Geothermal studies have acquired a higher profile within SERNA, which is seeking funds to increase the available information in the country. The government has shown its intention to diversify its energy matrix and increase the share of renewables. It has passed a renewable energy law which provides a set of fiscal incentives for renewables, including a 10 percent premium based on a feed-in tariff equal to marginal cost. However, there is no budget allocated for enforcing this law and ENEE, the single buyer in the country, doesn’t have the will nor the ability to bear the costs incurred. 128. To develop an inventory would require strengthening the managerial capacity of both SERNA (which operates as an ad-hoc energy ministry) and ENEE in order to be able to process the required information. An inventory of domestic resources would likely be managed within SERNA, with actual inputs coming from contracted consulting companies. 129. Currently, there is very little understanding of the size of the available geothermal resources so a thorough overview of desirable surface manifestations would be imperative. Funding for gauging the capacity of potential fields would have to come through Government investments, to be followed by the required exploratory drilling if the available information so justifies, much like Guatemala. Private sector participation could be established in a manner similar to that recommended for Guatemala through PPPs, by auctioning off promising fields and recycling the resulting monies into an exploration fund. 130. The regulatory framework in Honduras through the National Energy Commission is still very weak and requires strengthening in order to set the rules for eventual PPAs with ENEE. It should be noted that despite this weakness, Honduras put together an auction for renewable energy (in which the private Platanares geothermal project was included). However, the auction process itself has flaws as it allocates excessive risk to ENEE as the buyer of power. 131. Honduras’s public resources are extremely scarce and sustaining a full geothermal program in the public sector would not be a wise use of them; the realistic alternative consists of implementing a PPP model. The way forward would consist of (a) strengthening the capacity for SERNA to manage geothermal development, together with cooperation from ENEE; (b) conducting a review and evaluation of potential fields, to be financed through public funds; (c) putting in place a development model for geothermal energy, including the conditions for private sector participation; and (d) implementing a public/private development strategy for the more promising options identified in (b). Nicaragua 132. The Nicaraguan government is committed to geothermal development as an element of its energy strategy. As noted in Chapter 3, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) maintains a geothermal unit with capable staff and basic lab facilities, thanks to bilateral assistance from Iceland and other donors. Although Nicaragua developed a geothermal inventory in 2000 it needs to be updated; and there is a solid institutional foundation for doing so. 133. The Ministry produces the power sector development plans, based, however, on limited information regarding the geothermal potential. The resources at its disposal for undertaking information-gathering activities are limited and it has oriented power sector development primarily towards its hydro potential, where information can be collected at a lower cost. It would make sense therefore to establish a Fund with Government monies, similar to the case of 48PDF Image | Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential Central America
PDF Search Title:
Drilling Down on Geothermal Potential Central AmericaOriginal File Name Searched:
CentralAmerica_Drilling_Down_Geothermal_Potential_Optimized.pdfDIY PDF Search: Google It | Yahoo | Bing
NFT (Non Fungible Token): Buy our tech, design, development or system NFT and become part of our tech NFT network... More Info
IT XR Project Redstone NFT Available for Sale: NFT for high tech turbine design with one part 3D printed counter-rotating energy turbine. Be part of the future with this NFT. Can be bought and sold but only one design NFT exists. Royalties go to the developer (Infinity) to keep enhancing design and applications... More Info
Infinity Turbine IT XR Project Redstone Design: NFT for sale... NFT for high tech turbine design with one part 3D printed counter-rotating energy turbine. Includes all rights to this turbine design, including license for Fluid Handling Block I and II for the turbine assembly and housing. The NFT includes the blueprints (cad/cam), revenue streams, and all future development of the IT XR Project Redstone... More Info
Infinity Turbine ROT Radial Outflow Turbine 24 Design and Worldwide Rights: NFT for sale... NFT for the ROT 24 energy turbine. Be part of the future with this NFT. This design can be bought and sold but only one design NFT exists. You may manufacture the unit, or get the revenues from its sale from Infinity Turbine. Royalties go to the developer (Infinity) to keep enhancing design and applications... More Info
Infinity Supercritical CO2 10 Liter Extractor Design and Worldwide Rights: The Infinity Supercritical 10L CO2 extractor is for botanical oil extraction, which is rich in terpenes and can produce shelf ready full spectrum oil. With over 5 years of development, this industry leader mature extractor machine has been sold since 2015 and is part of many profitable businesses. The process can also be used for electrowinning, e-waste recycling, and lithium battery recycling, gold mining electronic wastes, precious metals. CO2 can also be used in a reverse fuel cell with nafion to make a gas-to-liquids fuel, such as methanol, ethanol and butanol or ethylene. Supercritical CO2 has also been used for treating nafion to make it more effective catalyst. This NFT is for the purchase of worldwide rights which includes the design. More Info
NFT (Non Fungible Token): Buy our tech, design, development or system NFT and become part of our tech NFT network... More Info
Infinity Turbine Products: Special for this month, any plans are $10,000 for complete Cad/Cam blueprints. License is for one build. Try before you buy a production license. May pay by Bitcoin or other Crypto. Products Page... More Info
CONTACT TEL: 608-238-6001 Email: greg@infinityturbine.com (Standard Web Page)