Special issue on advances in geothermal exploration and production in China
Published 19 October, 2022
Introduction:
Geothermal resources exist at varying temperatures and depths below the Earth's surface. Wells with a depth of one metre or more can be drilled into underground reservoirs to tap the steam and very hot water found there. It can then be brought to the surface for use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, direct use, and heating and cooling. As one of the most stable and low-carbon renewable energies, which is available 24 hours per day / 7 days per week, regardless of weather conditions, geothermal should play an important role in achieving the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutralisation worldwide. At present, the exploitation and use of hydrothermal geothermal resources is the focus, and research on dry hot rock resources is deepening.
Geology, geophysics, remote sensing, geochemistry, and combining and visualising data will help accelerate the discovery and use of undiscovered hydrothermal resources, increasing exploration and confirmation well success rates.
For this special issue, we invite submissions on innovative technical developments, case studies, analyses, reviews and assessments on geothermal exploration, production and use.
Topics covered:
- Geothermal geology
- Geothermal play fairway analysis
- Geothermal geophysics
- Geothermal geochemistry
- Geothermal exploration
- Geothermal production
- Geothermal resource evaluation
- Geothermal reservoir characterising
Important deadlines:
- Submission deadline: 30 November 2022
- Final acceptance: 30 January 2023
- Finalisation and submission of Editorial/Preface: 30 March 2023
Submission instructions:
Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online.
Guest Editors:
- Zhiliang He, SINOPEC, China. Email: hezhiliang@sinopec.com
- Shu Jiang, China University of Geosciences, China. Email: jiangsu@cug.edu.cn
- Haibing Shao, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany. Email: haibing.shao@ufz.de
- Bo Feng, Jilin University, China. Email: fengbo82@126.com