Geothermal energy is a renewable, sustainable, inexhaustible, inexpensive, reliable, environmentally friendly, domestic, and green energy source. Hot springs are found along fault lines, in the vicinity of dormant or active volcanoes, or deep within the Earth’s surface. The greatest advantage of geothermal resources is their lack of external dependency.
Using geothermal energy, one of the most valuable renewable energy sources, instead of fossil fuels reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Reinjection is essential to ensure the reservoir’s recharge to maintain the geothermal fluid. This will ensure more effective protection of the reservoir.
All activities must be conducted in accordance with ethical principles and applicable laws and regulations. Continuous monitoring and evaluation of changes in production and reinjection wells in geothermal fields, and the field’s response to these cycles, are essential.
Over the past few years in Türkiye’s geothermal sector, insufficient emphasis has been placed on reinjection in some fields due to inadequate practices and the employment of individuals lacking technical competence in these fields, leading to misinterpretations and inefficient utilization of geothermal resources. The effective and efficient use of geothermal energy is essential.
Since 100% reinjection (pressing the geothermal fluid extracted from underground back into the reservoir through reinjection wells) is applied in the reservoir operation of MB Geothermal GPPs, there is no environmental pollution and the geothermal fluid is pressed back into the reservoir in a closed circuit without being released into the atmosphere.
In 2024, R&D studies began reinjecting NCG gases contained in geothermal fluids into our geothermal power plants. These studies are among the first of their kind in the industry. Our R&D work on NCG reinjection is still ongoing.
It is planned to successfully complete NCG reinjection in all power plants in a very short time and continue electricity production with zero emissions.
