Geothermal Energy—Network of Geoplutonic Power Plants

The article presents the concept of a network of geoplutonic power plants, the total capacity of which would correspond to the general energy needs of the entire region. A scenario of a regional economy is presented, provided with electricity produced from a clean source, without pollutant emissions. Thus, a vision of solving the energy crisis resulting from the planned elimination of fossil energy sources is presented. Such an opportunity appeared after solving the technological problems of deep drilling, exceeding 10 km. The new technology involves extracting heat from HDRs (Hot Dry Rocks) and heating the fluid circulating in a pipe in a closed circuit. The temperature at a depth of 10 km is determined by the regional geothermal gradient. Temperature is in the range of 200-400 °C. This is already a zone of degassing magmatic solutions and exothermic chemical reactions. In general, it can be argued that the heat flux density is a function of the distance from magmatic intrusions.