Managing induced seismicity risks from enhanced geothermal systems: A good practice guideline

W Zhou, F Lanza, I Grigoratos, R Schultz… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Geothermal energy is a green source of power that could play an important role in climate‐
conscious energy portfolios; enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) have the potential to …

A critical review of underground hydrogen storage: From fundamentals to applications, unveiling future frontiers in energy storage

ML Malki, H Chellal, S Mao, V Rasouli… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study provides a critical review of Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS), emphasizing
its potential as a viable energy storage option despite several associated challenges. These …

The physical mechanisms of induced earthquakes

MJA Moein, C Langenbruch, R Schultz… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic operations involving underground fluid extraction or injection can cause
unexpectedly large and even damaging earthquakes, despite operational and regulatory …

Earthquake hazard and risk analysis for natural and induced seismicity: towards objective assessments in the face of uncertainty

JJ Bommer - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2022 - Springer
The fundamental objective of earthquake engineering is to protect lives and livelihoods
through the reduction of seismic risk. Directly or indirectly, this generally requires …

A detailed comparative performance study of underground storage of natural gas and hydrogen in the Netherlands

J Juez-Larré, CG Machado, RM Groenenberg… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the expected increase in the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier, large-scale
underground storage sites will be needed. Unlike underground natural gas storage (UGS) …

Data-driven spatiotemporal assessment of the event-size distribution of the Groningen extraction-induced seismicity catalogue

AG Muntendam-Bos, N Grobbe - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
For induced seismicity, the non-stationary, heterogeneous character of subsurface stress
perturbations can be a source of spatiotemporal variations in the scaling of event sizes; one …

Steady-state flow through a subsurface reservoir with a displaced fault and its poro-elastic effects on fault stresses

P Cornelissen, JD Jansen - Transport in Porous Media, 2023 - Springer
We consider steady-state single-phase confined flow through a subsurface porous layer
containing a displaced, fully conductive fault causing a sudden jump in the flow path, and we …

Induced aseismic slip and the onset of seismicity in displaced faults

JD Jansen, B Meulenbroek - Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 2022 - cambridge.org
We address aseismic fault slip and the onset of seismicity resulting from depletion-induced
or injection-induced stresses in reservoirs with pre-existing vertical or inclined faults …

Induced seismicity red-light thresholds for enhanced geothermal prospects in the Netherlands

R Schultz, A Muntendam-Bos, W Zhou, GC Beroza… - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Prospects for geothermal energy in the Netherlands have renewed concerns around
induced earthquakes. Risks from induced earthquakes are managed by traffic light protocols …

Inferring maximum magnitudes from the ordered sequence of large earthquakes

R Schultz - Philosophical Transactions A, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The largest magnitude earthquake in a sequence is often used as a proxy for hazard
estimates, as consequences are often predominately from this single event (in small seismic …