Geothermal Power
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2010) | Viewed by 61215
Special Issue Editors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geothermal resources are used in the generation of electricity and for numerous direct thermal applications including space heating and cooling, industrial processing and agricultural applications. Increasingly, combined heat and power projects involving both power generation and direct thermal applications are helping to maximize not only resource utilization, but also economic return as well. Low temperature geothermal resources, coupled with heat pumps, provide both space heating and cooling.
Recent trends in the geothermal industry include greater emphasis on low temperature power generation, combined heat and power, the development of enhanced geothermal systems, the conversion of abandoned oil and gas wells to geothermal producers and the extraction of minerals from geothermal brine, thus allowing for greater thermal recovery while at the same time providing an important additional source of revenue.
As the demand for electricity and thermal energy steadily increases and fossil fuel prices spiral continually upwards, greater and greater emphasis is being directed toward the development of environmentally responsible and increasingly cost competitive renewable energy resources such as geothermal. This special issue covers current development trends as well as research and development directed toward enhanced geothermal system development and the extraction of minerals from geothermal brines.
Dr. Gordon Bloomquist
Guest Editor
Keywords
- geothermal power generation
- geothermal direct thermal applications and CHP
- geothermal heat pumps
- enhanced geothermal systems
- deep sedimentary basins
- mineral extraction