Technological and Economical Aspects of Geothermal Power Plants and Heat Pumps
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H2: Geothermal".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 January 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: saving energy and reducing carbon emissions in buildings using geothermal energy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of geothermal energy is projected to grow exponentially in the coming decades, fueled by its potential to provide clean, baseload, scalable, and renewable energy for both heating and electricity generation. To turn this vision into reality, further innovation is needed in drilling technologies, reservoir stimulation, subsurface thermal energy storage, and heat and power conversion cycles.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to geothermal energy utilization for heating, cooling, and power generation applications. Submissions are encouraged from researchers, developers, and practitioners addressing challenges and solutions across the full spectrum of geothermal applications. The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Subsurface characterization;
- Surface infrastructures including heat pumps, heat exchangers, and power plants;
- Drilling, casing, and cementing;
- Hybrid geothermal systems;
- Life cycle analysis;
- Optimization;
- Data analysis;
- Techno-economic analysis;
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence;
- Subsurface thermal energy storage.
Dr. Xiaobing Liu
Guest Editor
Dr. Sajjan Pokhrel
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- geothermal energy
- drilling
- geothermal heating and cooling
- geothermal power generation
- enhanced geothermal systems
- geothermal heat pumps
- direct geothermal heating
- subsurface thermal energy storage
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