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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
  • According to researcher Muhammad Rayyan Fazal, “geothermal electric energy...[is] capable of producing more energy per megawatt per year as compared to similar capacity solar and wind power systems.”
  • Geothermal power plants typically employ dry steam systems, flash steam systems, or binary cycle systems to produce electricity from high-temperature geothermal fluid.
  • The Platanares geothermal power plant in Honduras uses a binary cycle system.
  • Fazal says that binary cycle systems “pump 100% geothermal fluid back to the injection well, hence offering the least environmental impact with little or no emissions.”
The student wants to use a quotation from Fazal to explain an advantage of the geothermal system at the Platanares plant. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
Compared with dry steam systems and flash steam systems, the binary cycle system used at the Platanares plant is “capable of producing more energy per megawatt per year,” Fazal notes.
B
According to Fazal, because it uses high-temperature geothermal fluid to produce electricity, the system used at the Platanares plant results in “little or no emissions,” making it environmentally friendly.
C
Since they return all geothermal fluid to the injection well, binary cycle systems—such as the one at the Platanares plant—produce “the least environmental impact,” according to Fazal.
D
The Platanares plant uses a binary cycle system to produce electricity; in this type of geothermal system, fluid is pumped “back to the injection well,” Fazal explains.