The General Directorate of Industry, under the Department of Economy, Industry, Commerce and Self-Employed Workers of the Government of the Canary Islands, has definitively admitted the request of a Madrid-based company to investigate whether there are "high-enthalpy geothermal resources" in several areas of San Bartolomé and Tías.
The company that has requested the authorization is the Madrid-based company Compañía General de Soporte a la Ingeniería SL, which is responsible for preparing technical studies and reports, as well as executing works and assisting in the areas of agriculture, industry, construction, urban planning or land management.
High-enthalpy geothermal energy is that which uses the heat from the Earth's subsoil, which is found at high temperatures, to generate electrical energy. This project, called ICO-2, will explore the presence of high-enthalpy energy in 53 mining grids located in Lanzarote municipalities.
To date, most of the research carried out on the island was based on the geothermal possibilities of the Timanfaya National Park, where a group of experts from the Public University of Navarra have already installed four generators capable of creating sustainable electrical energy. However, these investigations suggest the existence of geothermal energy beyond the limits of Timanfaya.
