{"id":1549,"date":"2024-02-27T14:36:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=1549"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:36:26","slug":"enhanced-geothermal-system","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/enhanced-geothermal-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhanced Geothermal System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Enhanced Geothermal System&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;An Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) is a type of geothermal energy technology designed to extract heat from the Earth&amp;#039;s interior, typically from hot rocks located deep beneath the Earth&amp;#039;s surface. Unlike conventional geothermal systems that rely on naturally occurring pockets of steam or hot water, EGS aims to enhance and extend the potential of geothermal energy by creating artificial reservoirs of hot water or steam.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/enhanced-geothermal-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Enhanced Geothermal System<\/a> (EGS) is a type of geothermal energy technology designed to extract heat from the Earth&rsquo;s interior, typically from hot rocks located deep beneath the Earth&rsquo;s surface. Unlike conventional geothermal systems that rely on naturally occurring pockets of <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Steam&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Steam is the vapour component of geothermal fluid that contains thermal energy.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/steam\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>steam<\/a> or hot water, EGS aims to enhance and extend the potential of geothermal energy by creating artificial reservoirs of hot water or <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Steam&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Steam is the vapour component of geothermal fluid that contains thermal energy.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/steam\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Enhanced Geothermal System&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;An Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) is a type of geothermal energy technology designed to extract heat from the Earth&amp;#039;s interior, typically from hot rocks located deep beneath the Earth&amp;#039;s surface. Unlike conventional geothermal systems that rely on naturally occurring pockets of steam or hot water, EGS aims to enhance and extend the potential of geothermal energy by creating artificial reservoirs of hot water or steam.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/enhanced-geothermal-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Enhanced Geothermal System<\/a> (EGS) is a type of geothermal energy technology designed to extract heat from the Earth&rsquo;s interior, typically from hot rocks located [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1549","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1550,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1549\/revisions\/1550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}