Qingshui geothermal park, Yilan County/ Taiwan (supply: flickr/ Wei-Te Wong, artistic commons)
The federal government of Yilan County in Taiwan has opened the Qingshui Geothermal Schooling Middle, serving to unfold consciousness on the advantages of geothermal vitality.
The Yilan County Authorities has formally opened the Qingshui Geothermal Schooling Middle, positioned proper subsequent to the Qingshui Geothermal Recreation Space in Yilan County, Taiwan. The schooling middle has been accomplished after two years of development and funding of practically 30 million yuan (approx. USD 4.23 million) from non-public entities.
The Geothermal Schooling Middle is split right into a geothermal exploration exhibition corridor and a generator management room. The generator room show space recounts the historical past of geothermal energy era, processes and tools, the advantages of geothermal, and Taiwan’s geothermal sources. The ability gives bilingual help.
There are additionally interactive displays that that exhibits the precise operation and energy manufacturing of a generator via a glass window, offering vacationers a glimpse into how geothermal vitality is transformed into electrical energy.
For the primary month of operations, guests to the Qingshui Geothermal Schooling Middle will be capable to use their ticket to take pleasure in a free bathing expertise on the Qingshui Sizzling Spring Home. The reverse additionally applies – tickets to the Sizzling Spring Home gives entry to the Schooling Middle. There may also be particular occasions and actions to have a good time the arrival of the Lunar New 12 months.
The opening of the Qingshui Geothermal Schooling Middle making Qingshui the primary leisure park in Taiwan that mixes geothermal schooling and tourism. Yilan County Mayor Lin Zimiao stated that the Qingshui Geothermal Park has at all times been very fashionable amongst vacationers. Now, vacationers can be taught extra about geothermal whereas having fun with boiled eggs and foot baths within the sizzling springs. The Schooling Middle provides diversified worth to a geothermal web site, creating extra consciousness on geothermal and making additional growth attainable.
The 4.2-MW Qingshui geothermal energy plant – the primary MW-scale geothermal growth in Taiwan within the final 30 years – was formally inaugurated in late 2021. Earlier than the top of 2023, the Qingshui energy facility hit the milestone of 38 million kWh of energy era, supplying 75% of the demand of close by communities.
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