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Geothermal Energy as an Alternative to Reduce Atmospheric Emissions and Provide Green Energy

In: Green Technologies to Improve the Environment on Earth

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  • Zayre Ivonne Gonzalez Acevedo
  • Marco Antonio Garcia Zarate

Abstract

Recently, there has been a worldwide rise of concern regarding the increasing emissions of air pollutants and global climate change. In contrast, there are also concerns about the growing energy consumption and how to guarantee its supply. Renewable energies can help minimize the use of fossil fuels, this being a high priority on the political agenda of countries around the world. Within renewable energies, geothermal energy is one of the oldest and most well-known sources of energy to generate electricity. Its use started in 1904 in Italy, but it needs a high initial investment. Depending on the geothermal reservoir, fluids drawn from the deep Earth could liberate a mixture of gases such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, methane, and ammonia. The aim of this work is to compare gas emission of renewable, clean, and conventional sources of energy to be able to elucidate if geothermal energy could be a suitable green energy to minimize gas emissions to the atmosphere.

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  • Zayre Ivonne Gonzalez Acevedo & Marco Antonio Garcia Zarate, 2019. "Geothermal Energy as an Alternative to Reduce Atmospheric Emissions and Provide Green Energy," Chapters, in: Marquidia Pacheco (ed.), Green Technologies to Improve the Environment on Earth, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:163809
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.80759
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    Keywords

    life-cycle assessment; gas emissions; geothermal energy; sustainability; renewable;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

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