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Australian researchers have estimated that only a percentage of unexplored national resources of geothermal springs may produce during the 26,000 years clean electric energy.

Australian Government announced a project worth of 43 million U.S. dollars for develop technology to convert geothermal energy in electricity. "Geothermal energy, which is known as hot rocks, has a huge potential for Australia, so that solution against climate change but also in terms of national energy security," said Martin Ferguson, Minister for Resources.

Australia is the world's biggest exporter in coals, and the coals ensure the 77% of national energy consumption. Despite this, Australia had proposed that until 2020 to use 20% electricity from renewable sources.

To produce electricity from geothermal energy, the water is pumped from he underground where is hot and the heat energy is used to generate energy.

The Organization Geoscience Australia has created a national map with geothermal energy, using records of temperatures from several years of drilling for energy and minerals, sometimes more deeply than five kilometers.

The temperature of hot rocks should be 150 degrees Celsius to produce electricity, which is met at a depth between one and five kilometers , explained Anthony Budd, the organization Geoscience.

The organization estimated that it needed an investment of approximately 12 billion U.S. dollars for the development of 2,200 megawatts of energy, but added that the cost of electricity generation ill drop to an acceptable level when the commercial project will work.

The government project of drilling for geothermal energy will use different technologies in various locations from Australia in order to determine the best technology for hot rock energy conversion in electricity.

Australia produces around 1.5% of global carbon emissions. The coals dependence for the electricity generating turn it in the world's biggest polluter per person, generating five times more emissions per capital against China.