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1 Chapter 4: Geothermal energy 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 CONTENTS First Order Draft Contribution to Special Report Renewable Energy Sources (SRREN) 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 4 4.2 Resource potential..............................................................................................................5 4.2.1 Global technical resource potential .............................................................................. 5 4.2.2 Regional resource potential.......................................................................................... 8 4.2.3 Sustainable development and the possible impact of climate change on resource potential........................................................................................................................ 9 4.3 Technology and applications (electricity, heating, cooling) .........................................10 4.3.1 Geothermal energy utilisation .................................................................................... 10 4.3.2 Exploration and drilling ............................................................................................. 10 4.3.3 Reservoir engineering ................................................................................................ 11 4.3.4 Surface equipment and power plants ......................................................................... 11 4.3.5 Technologies needed for EGS development .............................................................. 13 4.3.6 Technology for submarine geothermal generation .................................................... 13 4.3.7 Direct use ................................................................................................................... 14 4.3.8 Geothermal heat pumps ............................................................................................. 15 4.4 Global and regional status of market and industry development ............................... 15 4.4.1 Status of geothermal electricity from conventional geothermal resources ................ 16 4.4.2 Status of Enhanced Geothermal Systems................................................................... 18 4.4.3 Status of direct uses of geothermal resources ............................................................ 19 4.4.4 Impact of policies ....................................................................................................... 20 4.5 Environmental and social impacts ................................................................................. 21 4.5.1 CO2 and other gas and liquid emissions while operating geothermal plants ............. 21 4.5.2 Life-cycle assessment ................................................................................................ 22 4.5.3 Potential hazards of induced micro-seismicity and others ......................................... 23 4.5.4 Benefits and impacts .................................................................................................. 24 4.5.5 Land use ..................................................................................................................... 25 4.6 Prospects for technology improvement, innovation, and integration ......................... 25 4.6.1 Technological and process challenges ....................................................................... 25 4.6.2 Improvements in exploration technologies ................................................................ 26 4.6.3 Accessing and engineering the reservoirs .................................................................. 27 4.6.4 Efficient production of geothermal power, heat and/or cooling ................................ 28 4.7 Cost trends ........................................................................................................................ 28 4.7.1 Costs of geothermal-electric projects and factors that affect it..................................28 4.7.2 Levelized cost of geothermal electricity .................................................................... 30 4.7.3 Historical trends of geothermal electricity ................................................................. 32 4.7.4 Future costs trends ..................................................................................................... 33 4.7.5 Economics of direct uses and geothermal heat pumps ..............................................34 4.8 Potential deployment ....................................................................................................... 37 4.8.1 Regional deployment ................................................................................................. 37 4.8.2 Technological factors influencing deployment..........................................................39 4.8.3 Long-term deployment in the context of carbon mitigation ...................................... 40 Do Not Cite or Quote 2 of 47 Chapter 4 SRREN_Draft1_Ch04_Version03 22-Dec-09PDF Image | Chapter 4 Geothermal Energy
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