Green Rock Energy Limited is an Australian company which is exploring geothermal energy resources and the development of low-emission, base load, renewable energy

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...

. In South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

, the company has seven geothermal exploration licences (GELs) totalling 2897 square kilometres (1,118.5 sq mi) and two GEL applications surrounding Olympic Dam Mine and the Roxby Downs township. The company also has a geothermal project in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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Unlike burning fossil fuels, geothermal energy emits no greenhouse gases, pollution or hazardous wastes.

See also

• Geothermal energy exploration in Central Australia
  Geothermal energy exploration in Central Australia
  Geothermal power in Australia is little used but growing. There are known and potential locations near the centre of the country that have been shown to contain hot granites at depth which hold good potential for development of geothermal energy...
  
  
• Hot dry rock geothermal energy

External links

• Green Rock Energy Limited (GRK)