Special issue on geo-energy engineering for carbon neutrality
Published 29 June, 2022
Introduction:
To limit global warming, achieving carbon neutrality by the mid-21st century is essential. Carbon neutrality means finding the balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in a carbon sink. Another way to reduce emissions is to offset them; for example, by using renewable energy, improving energy efficiency and investing in other low-carbon technologies. To help achieve carbon neutrality, geo-engineering experts have made great efforts to understand the subsurface and are exploring geological formations that could potentially be used for the storage of carbon dioxide. Hydrogen storage in the subsurface could also provide future low-carbon power for heavy industry and transport. Techniques have been developed to extract the geothermal energy from the geothermal reservoir for the production of heat and power. Projects to generate low-carbon electricity from wind energy or nuclear power also rely on detailed knowledge of underlying geology.
This special issue will feature contributions that advance the understanding of geo-energy engineering for carbon neutrality. We welcome studies focusing on fundamental mechanisms, numerical methods and case studies.
Topics covered:
- Geothermal exploration
- Hydrocarbon exploitation
- Renewable energy storage
- Carbon capture and storage
- Underground gas or hydrogen storage
Important deadlines:
Submission deadline: 31 January 2023
Submission instructions:
Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online; please select SI: Carbon-neutrality on submission. All submissions will undergo a normal peer-review process. If the manuscript is accepted, the article will be published open access with no fee payable by the author.
Guest Editors:
- Jie Chen, Chongqing University, China. Email: jiechen023@cqu.edu.cn
- Wei Wu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Email: wei@ntu.edu.sg
- Zhihong Zhao, Tsinghua University, China. Email: zhzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn