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A Roadmap to Geothermal Energy Development in China

  • PANG Zhonghe;HU Shengbiao;WANG Jiyang
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  • Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

Received date: 2012-10-01

  Revised date: 2012-10-31

  Online published: 2012-11-08

Abstract

China possesses a high potential of geothermal energy. A suitable roadmap for technology and industry development is required in order to realize the vision making demand on global climate change mitigation. It is proposed that the future of geothermal technology development in China will be characterized by the diversification of sources and utilizations, the scale enlargement of development projects, the refinement of advanced technologies, and sustainability guarantee. The geothermal industry development will be focused on low-medium temperature direct use and high- temperature geothermal power generation in the near future, power generation from low-medium temperature in middle period, and Hot Dry Rock (HDR) energy combined heat and power in the long term. The leading role playing by government, supplementing by the coordination among researchers, educators, producers, and consumers will be the key to successful geothermal technology and industry development in China.

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PANG Zhonghe;HU Shengbiao;WANG Jiyang . A Roadmap to Geothermal Energy Development in China[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2012 , 30(32) : 18 -24 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2012.32.002

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