This monograph examines the technological aspects of producing electricity from geothermal
sources. It opens with an overview of the situation, including an assessment of the …

… the world total electrical energy which was 15,342 … electrical power is still low, geothermal
energy can play a significant role: in the Philippines 21% of electricity comes from geothermal …

… for base-load electric power in the United States. Findings: Geothermal energy from EGS
represents a large, indigenous resource that can provide base-load electric power and heat at …

… geothermal energy amounts to 49 TWh/a of electricity and 53 TWh/a for direct use. Electricity
is produced with geothermal … electricity from geothermal energy. Only a small fraction of the …

… and electrical power. We hope to contribute to the sustainable use of energy with this book.
… In the year 1904 the first electrical power was produced from a geothermal energy source …

… The geothermal electrical installed capacity in the world is 7173.5 MW, (… and the electrical
energy generated is 38 billion kW h/year, representing 0.4% of the world total electrical energy …

… electric power capacity of a EGS installation (based on the properties of Table 1) is limited
at a few MWe. But in order to play a significant role in local, regional and global electricity …

… Advantages of geothermal energy are not only the generation of electricity … geothermal
energy development, assessing power plant technology and direct heat applications. Five power …

… utilization of geothermal energy in Turkey. Geothermal energy for electricity generation has
… on the scale of hundreds of MW both for electricity generation and direct use. Utilization has …

… national electricity production from geothermal energy. Direct application of geothermal energy
(… By the end of 2004, the worldwide use of geothermal energy was 57 TWh/yr of electricity …