Tracing the evolution and charting the future of geothermal energy research and development

RV Rohit, DC Kiplangat, R Veena, R Jose… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The gamut of geothermal energy research encompasses the studies aimed at harnessing
the abundant and inexhaustible thermal energy within the Earth, and it ranges from heat …

Recent advances in geothermal energy reservoirs modeling: Challenges and potential of thermo-fluid integrated models for reservoir heat extraction and geothermal …

ME Zayed, B Shboul, H Yin, J Zhao… - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainable utilization of geothermal resources is intimately connected to an accurate
assessment of ground thermal response to energy injection/extraction. In this context, the …

Recent advances in urban green energy development towards carbon emissions neutrality

KS Woon, ZX Phuang, J Taler, PS Varbanov… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is a significant long-term threat faced by humanity today. The urban energy
transformation from a carbon-emissions-intensive environment to a carbon-emissions-free …

State-of-the-art review on evaluation indicators of integrated intelligent energy from different perspectives

Y Wang, L Zhang, Y Song, K Han, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Integrated intelligent energy (IIE) plays a key role in promoting the utilization of renewable
energy, improving energy efficiency and reducing energy costs. A reasonable indicator …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle sustainability assessment and circularity of geothermal power plants

J Li, RRZ Tarpani, L Stamford… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal power generation is expected to increase fivefold worldwide by 2040 compared
to 2018. The upcoming growth of geothermal power plants (GPPs) requires assessments of …

Exergy-based weighted optimization and smart decision-making for renewable energy systems considering economics, reliability, risk, and environmental …

S Tariq, U Safder, CK Yoo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
A holistic analytical and smart management approach is proposed to investigate the
performance of renewable-based tri-generation system to generate power, cooling, and …

China's pathways to synchronize the emission reductions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases: pros and cons

R Feng, X Fang - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
As apanoramic overview of the multipronged national-scale regulations of China to
synchronously decelerate climate change and improve air quality, this study pores through a …

Modeling Interactions between hydraulic and closed natural fractures in brittle crystalline rocks: a fluid–solid coupling grain-based approach for characterizing …

S Wang, J Zhou, L Zhang, Z Han, Y Kong - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2024 - Springer
Activating closed natural fractures (NFs) in hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs is a critical way to
improve fluid conductivity and stimulate production. However, the current hydraulic fracturing …

[HTML][HTML] Research status and development trend of key technologies for enhanced geothermal systems

L Gong, D Han, Z Chen, D Wang, K Jiao, X Zhang… - Natural Gas Industry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhanced geothermal system (EGS) is a primary method to develop geothermal resources
stored in hot dry rock (HDR), but it faces several key problems, such as unreasonable …

Research progress of technologies and numerical simulations in exploiting geothermal energy from abandoned wells: A review

Z Liu, W Yang, K Xu, Q Zhang, L Yan, B Li, X Cai… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploiting geothermal energy from abandoned wells is one of the current international
research hotspots, while there is a lack of introduction on the research progress of …