The Identification of Growth Barriers for Exploitation of Geothermal Energy in China

Abstract

Renewable resources currently play an important role in the world and geothermal energy is one of them. It is known to be one of the clean and reliable sources of energy. Although the importance of geothermal energy has been realized for a long time, its exploitation is still far away due to certain reasons, which are emphasized in this article. This article gives an overview about the development of geothermal energy worldwide, identifies the barriers that hinder the development of geothermal energy, proposes instruments to overcome the barriers, and, finally, gives some recommendations for faster exploitation of geothermal energy in China.

An assessment of technical and economic feasibility to install geothermal well systems across Ukraine

“…Geothermal well systems (GWS) are of wide and growing use in the USA, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, and Russia (Kepinska 2010); such systems installed in reservoirs at depth of 1.5-3 km have the thermal output of 1-10 MW. In 2001 GWSs provided 45,000 dwelling equivalents in France with heat and electricity (Arens 2001); by 2013 this amount grew to 200,000 mostly in metropolitan Paris according to ADEME (2013).…”