The Atitlan concession, located 144 km north-west of Guatemala City, covers a square kilometre area which contains three volcanoes.
Geothermometry from hot springs near Sololá indicates the existence of a reservoir at a temperature of 186°C, according to the company’s website.
The Atitlan Volcano itself is a large, conical, active stratovolcano adjacent to the caldera of LakeAtitlan in the Highlands of Guatemala.
The volcano has been quite active historically, with more than a dozen eruptions recorded between 1469 and 1853, the date of its most recent eruption.
The otherconcession area is called Joaquina covering a nine square kilometre space located around 35km north-east of Guatemala City on a fault controlled geothermal source. There are numerous hot springs in the area.
According to the Centram Geothermal website, the company chose Central America has the object of its search for geothermal resources because the region is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where tectonic activity has created the right conditions for geothermal production.
The region is also confronted with need to develop renewable energy to replace existing production from diesel fired generators.
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