Though geothermal
energy is the third largest contributor to renewable electricity
production, between 1990 and 2000 it did not experience
a significant growth in the OECD countries. Its average
annual growth rate was 1.2%. Though the region remains the
largest producer, with 62.6% of the share in 2000, actually
geothermal electricity production declined by 0.5% per annum
in OECD North America.
This decline
is to be explained by a decrease in the geothermal electricity
generation of the United States, which is the largest individual
producer. The highest growth rate was experienced in Iceland,
where geothermal electricity generation increased by 16.7%
annually. For the next few years little growth is projected
because there are hardly any development schemes in countries
with geothermal potential.
|
Geothermal energy production
(2000)
|
|
Country
|
Electricity generation (MWe)
|
Direct use (Power MWt)
|
|
Algeria
|
-
|
100
|
|
Argentina
|
0
|
25.7
|
|
Armenia
|
-
|
1
|
|
Australia
|
0.17
|
34.4
|
|
Austria
|
-
|
255.3
|
|
Belgium
|
-
|
3.9
|
|
Bulgaria
|
-
|
107.2
|
|
Canada
|
-
|
377.6
|
|
Caribbean Islands
|
-
|
0.1
|
|
Chile
|
-
|
0.4
|
|
China
|
29.17
|
2282
|
|
Colombia
|
-
|
13.3
|
|
Costa Rica
|
142.5
|
-
|
|
Croatia
|
-
|
113.9
|
|
Czech Republic
|
-
|
12.5
|
|
Denmark
|
-
|
7.4
|
|
Egypt
|
-
|
1
|
|
El Salvador
|
161
|
-
|
|
Ethiopia
|
-
|
-
|
8.52
|
-
|
-
|
|
F.Y.R. of Macedonia
|
-
|
81.2
|
|
Finland
|
-
|
80.5
|
|
France
|
4.2 (Guadeloupe)
|
326
|
|
Georgia
|
-
|
250
|
|
Germany
|
-
|
397
|
|
Greece
|
-
|
57.1
|
|
Guatemala
|
-
|
-
|
33.4
|
4.2
|
-
|
|
Guatemala
|
-
|
-
|
|
Honduras
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.7
|
-
|
|
Hungary
|
-
|
472.7
|
|
Iceland
|
-
|
-
|
170
|
1469
|
-
|
|
India
|
-
|
80
|
|
Indonesia
|
589.5
|
2.3
|
|
Israel
|
-
|
63.3
|
|
Italy
|
785
|
325.8
|
|
Japan
|
546.9
|
1167
|
|
Jordan
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
153.3
|
-
|
|
Kenya
|
45
|
1.3
|
|
Korea
|
-
|
35.8
|
|
Lithuania
|
-
|
21
|
|
Mexico
|
755
|
164.2
|
|
Nepal
|
-
|
1.1
|
|
Netherlands
|
-
|
10.8
|
|
New Zealand
|
437
|
307.9
|
|
Nicaragua
|
70
|
-
|
|
Norway
|
-
|
6
|
|
Peru
|
-
|
2.4
|
|
Philippines
|
1909
|
1
|
|
Poland
|
-
|
68.5
|
|
Portugal
|
16 (The Azores)
|
5.5
|
|
Romania
|
-
|
152.4
|
|
Russia
|
23 (Kamchatka)
|
308.2
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
-
|
132.3
|
|
Slovenia
|
-
|
42
|
|
Sweden
|
-
|
377
|
|
Switzerland
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
547.3
|
-
|
|
Thailand
|
-
|
-
|
0.3
|
0.7
|
-
|
|
Tunisia
|
-
|
23.1
|
|
Turkey
|
-
|
-
|
20.4
|
820
|
-
|
|
United Kingdom
|
-
|
2.9
|
|
USA
|
-
|
-
|
2228
|
3766
|
-
|
|
Venezuela
|
-
|
0.7
|
|
Yemen
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
-
|
80
|
|
Total
|
-
|
-
|
7974.06
|
15145
|
-
|
Geothermal Energy and Other Distinctive Energy
Sources