Earlier in a post, I discussed the various advantages of geothermal energy and its effects. But the question remains that if geothermal energy is so clean and productive, then why don’t we use it commonly to generate power? Here are some disadvantages of producing power through geothermal energy to explain this.

The biggest disadvantages of building a geothermal energy plant is the time it takes to exploration the perfect land. While exploring the suitable place, researchers will do a land survey, which may take several years to complete. Thus if a company wishes to build a plant, it may have to wait for several years before the researchers reply whether the land is suitable or not.

Moreover, most companies that order surveys are often disappointed, as the land they were interested is incapable of supporting a geothermal energy plant. In order to extract the heat required, we have to find certain hot spots within the earths crust, which are quite common around volcanoes and fault lines, which are obviously very difficult places to build a geothermal energy plant.