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Superhot Rock Geothermal in Uzbekistan: Regional Assessment
Highlights
- Developing 1% of the resource could provide about 8 GW of capacity.
- That would be over 69,871 GWh of electricity a year, about 98% of Uzbekistan’s 2021 consumption of 71,362 GWh.
- Land use of about 12 km² per gigawatt, against about 160 km² for natural gas and 180 km² for solar.
Summary
Superhot rock geothermal targets rock above about 374 °C, where water becomes supercritical and carries far more energy. This short assessment models how deep such rock lies under Uzbekistan, in depth bands from 5 km to beyond 12.5 km, and how much power it could give.
These are modelled, national-level figures, not a resource survey. Deep drilling and measurement would be needed to confirm them.
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How to cite
Clean Air Task Force (2025). Superhot Rock Geothermal in Uzbekistan: Regional Assessment. Clean Air Task Force, with modelling by the University of Twente. https://www.catf.us/superhot-rock/
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