UNDP, NZ to support geothermal surface exploration on Comoros IslandsChindini Beach at Comoros island. (Source: flickr, David Stanley, Creative Commons)Francisco Rojas 25 Sep 2014The meeting highlighted the necessary joint effort between all government departments to ease and remove any expected difficulty which may affect the implementation of Karthala geothermal prospect. <a href='//ads.thinkgeoenergy.com/delivery/ck.php?n=a886266d&cb=1' target='_blank'><img src='//ads.thinkgeoenergy.com/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=144&cb=1&n=a886266d' border='0' alt='' /></a> <a href='//ads.thinkgeoenergy.com/delivery/ck.php?n=a62ebb80&cb=1' target='_blank'><img src='//ads.thinkgeoenergy.com/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=34&cb=1&n=a62ebb80' border='0' alt='' loading="lazy" /></a> <a href='//ads.thinkgeoenergy.com/delivery/ck.php?n=ada237ed&cb=1' target='_blank'><img src='//ads.thinkgeoenergy.com/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=10&cb=1&n=ada237ed' border='0' alt='' loading="lazy" /></a>The African Union Commission (AUC) Department of Infrastructure and Energy conducted a Sensitisation visit in Comoros to discuss the AUC’s active involvement in the geothermal energy development in Comoros through the AUC Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF). The Sensitisation visit to Comoros culminated in a site visit to the Karthala Geothermal Prospects to check the status of the infrastructure required such as access road. With geothermal reservoir temperatures of 250° to 350° C and depth of between 1000 – 1700 meters, Karthala is one of the most promising geothermal prospects once developed, which could solve the electric supply crisis in Grande Comores main island of Comoros.