The diagram illustrates the process of generating electricity from geothermal energy.
Overall, the process is cyclical in which cooled water is heated underground, turned into steam and reused to produse electricity.
In the first stage of the process, cooled water is pumped dowm through an injection well to depth of around 4.5 kilometres where it becomes heated by hot rocks in the geothermal zone. Then hot water is done to be pumped up by the production well and steam.
At the next stage, the steam produced is directed into a turbine, causing it to spin.The rotatation of turbine powers a generator, which produce electricity. After that, the steam is cooled in a condenser and turned back into water, allowing the cycle to continue.
