Geothermal Energy

COVID-19 and impact on peer review

As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

Call for papers: On the future development of superhot and supercritical geothermal systems

The development of high-temperature geothermal fields with supercritical conditions are emerging as a new hot topic in various parts of the world since a significantly higher power output seems feasible with less drilling required.

Featured article: The potential of coupled carbon storage and geothermal extraction in a CO2-enhanced geothermal system: a review

The increasing demand for energy makes it difficult to replace fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources in the short term, and the large amount of CO2 emitted by fossil fuel combustion increases global warming. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies for reducing CO2 emissions in power plants and industrial processes have been developed. High costs and security issues limit industrial applications of these technologies, so an alternative for carbon reduction is needed, i.e., CO2 as a working fluid for coupled carbon storage and geothermal extraction in an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS). We describe the status of global carbon emissions, CCS technologies, and their challenges. The characteristics of CO2 as a working fluid are compared from thermophysical and thermodynamic perspectives, and the solubility of CO2 in reservoir fluids with different ionic strengths, pressures, and temperatures is analyzed. The influence of artificial stimulation on the permeability of an EGS reservoir is described. Through heat extraction experiment of water alternating supercritical CO2 (SCCO2) cycle injection, the effects of CO2–fluid–rock interactions on the reservoir’s structure and of mineral dissolution and precipitation on geological CO2 storage are analyzed. We summarize the application prospects for this alternative and the challenges of future application.

Mechanical test of granite with multiple water–thermal cycles

Authors: Li Yu, Hai-Wang Peng, Yu Zhang and Guo-wei Li

Content type: Research

26 January 2021
GaS_GeoT: A computer program for an effective use of newly improved gas geothermometers in predicting reliable geothermal reservoir temperatures

Authors: A. Acevedo-Anicasio, E. Santoyo, D. Pérez-Zárate, Kailasa Pandarinath, M. Guevara and L. Díaz-González

Content type: Research

18 January 2021
A new method for correcting temperature log profiles in low-enthalpy plays

Authors: Sandra Schumacher and Inga Moeck

Content type: Research

9 November 2020
Hydrochemical and operational parameters driving carbonate scale kinetics at geothermal facilities in the Bavarian Molasse Basin

Authors: Bernhard Köhl, Martin Elsner and Thomas Baumann

Content type: Research

20 October 2020
An open-access stress magnitude database for Germany and adjacent regions

Authors: Sophia Morawietz, Oliver Heidbach, Karsten Reiter, Moritz Ziegler, Mojtaba Rajabi, Günter Zimmermann, Birgit Müller and Mark Tingay

Content type: Research

22 September 2020

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Design of earth–air heat exchanger system

Authors: Trilok Singh Bisoniya

Content type: Research

12 September 2015
Performance of geothermal power plants (single, dual, and binary) to compensate for LHC-CERN power consumption: comparative study

Authors: M. El Haj Assad, E. Bani-Hani and M. Khalil

Content type: Research

15 September 2017
Performance analysis and working fluid selection for geothermal energy-powered organic Rankine-vapor compression air conditioning

Authors: Xianbiao Bu, Lingbao Wang and Huashan Li

Content type: Research

23 August 2013
A systematic review of enhanced (or engineered) geothermal systems: past, present and future

Authors: Katrin Breede, Khatia Dzebisashvili, Xiaolei Liu and Gioia Falcone

Content type: Review

5 November 2013
Analysis of geothermal energy as an alternative source for electricity in Colombia

Authors: Samuel S. Salazar, Yecid Muñoz and Adalberto Ospino

Content type: Research

23 November 2017

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Article collections

From Exploration to Operation - Research Developments in Deep Geothermal Energy
Geothermal Energy
Edited by: Alexandra Kushnir and Markus Loewer
Published: 3 July 2019

Integrative Approaches in Deep Geothermal Science
Geothermal Energy
Edited by: Carola Meller and Emmanuel Gaucher
Published: 2 June 2018

Geothermal Fluids in Saline Systems
Geothermal Energy
Edited by: Simona Regenspurg, Thorsten Schäfer
Collection published: 27 June 2017

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Blog post by EiC Luis C.A. Gutiérrez-Negrín

Please have a look at the blog post of our Editor-in-Chief Luis C.A. Gutiérrez-Negrín about COVID-19 and Sustainable Energy.

Aims and scope

Geothermal Energy – Science, Society and Technology focuses on fundamental and applied research needed to deploy technologies for developing and integrating geothermal energy as one key element in the future energy portfolio. Contributions include geological, geophysical, and geochemical studies, exploration of geothermal fields, reservoir characterization and modeling, development of productivity-enhancing methods, and approaches to achieve robust and economic plant operation. Geothermal Energy – Science, Society and Technology serves to examine the interaction of individual system components while taking the whole process into account, from the development of the reservoir to the economic provision of geothermal energy.