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range of factors, including economic, technical, geographic, financial, and policy-related issues. The rapid advancement of alternative forms of renewable energy has accentuated the need to evaluate the financial viability of geothermal energy in comparison to its contemporaries (Bahadoriet al., 2013)...
The Geothermal Implementing Agreement (GIA) provides a flexible and powerful framework for international cooperation on geothermal research and technology under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA). It connects national and industry programmes for exploration, development and utilization of ...
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Geothermal Power has been in the news lately, as many households are turning to this power source to provide their domestic energy requirements. At first
2.1 Geographic heat distribution While geothermal energy is a promising renewable energy source, several challenges impede its widespread usage. High-temperature and easily accessible hydrothermal resources are only available to specific geographic regions, notably those located along major tectonic plate bound...
Solutions to these challenges may come in the form of thermal energy networks (TEN) and underground thermal energy storage (UTES) across large geographic areas. UTES in this paper is restricted to sensible heat storage (SHS), though others may expand the definition to include latent or thermoch...
Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP-5700-79178. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/79178.pdf Wu Y, Li P (2020) The potential of coupled carbon storage and geothermal extraction in a CO2-enhanced geothermal system: a review. Geotherm Energy 8:2–23. https://doi....
The role of geothermal technology in the context of global efforts toward carbon-free and clean energy production is becoming increasingly important. Social acceptance is a decisive factor in the successful implementation of geothermal projects. This sys