Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation

Geothermal Power Generation, New Developments and Innovations, Second Edition provides an update to the advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security. Edited by respected and leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the major aspects of geothermal power production. Chapters cover resource discovery, resource characterization, energy conversion systems, design, economic considerations, and a range of fascinating and updated case studies from across the world.

Geothermal resources are considered renewable and are currently the only renewable source able to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, thus playing a key role in future energy needs.

• Provides readers with a comprehensive and systematic overview of geothermal power generation
• Presents an update to advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security
• Edited by authorities in the field and contributed to by global experts in their areas
• Supports sustainability and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) 7, 9, 11 and 13

Dr. Ron DiPippo is a world authority and consultant on Geothermal Power Plants. He is Chancellor Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, former Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD), a visiting Research Professor and Visiting Lecturer at Brown University in Providence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a visiting lecturer at the School for Renewable Energy Science at the University of Akureyri, Iceland.

Luis Carlos Gutiérrez-Negrín is the Executive Director of the consulting company Geocónsul, SA de CV, Secretary of the CeMIE-Geo, AC, and member of the BoD of the National Institute for Electricity and Clean Energies (INEEL). He has served on the BoDs of the former GRC (now Geothermal Rising), the International Geothermal Association (IGA), and as President of the Mexican Geothermal Association. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s open-journal Geothermal Energy Science – Society – Technology and has authored/co-authored 198 peer-reviewed papers and informal communications, as well as two book chapters.

Andrew Chiasson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the US and Canada. He conducts research and teaches courses in the areas of Geothermal Energy, Solar Energy, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, and Energy Efficient Buildings. His research on geothermal energy and energy-efficient buildings has resulted in over 45 scientific publications, one book, and three book chapters.