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Publikováno v:
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 17:507-536
In this article, the role of geothermal energy in mitigation and potential role in adaptation are discussed, and synergies between them developed. The article creates the Geothermal Adaptation-Mitigation (Geo-AdaM) conceptual frameworks that can be u
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 15:4067-4079
Access to modern energy services is key to economic development and progress towards millennium development goals (MDGs). Yet only 20% of Kenyan population of which 5% are rural residents have access to electricity. The study focuses on East Pokot an
Publikováno v:
Geothermics. 35:347-350
Autor:
Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson
Publikováno v:
Geothermics. 32:379-388
The world primary energy consumption is about 400 EJ/year, mostly provided by fossil fuels (80%). The renewables collectively provide 14% of the primary energy, in the form of traditional biomass (10%), large (>10 MW) hydropower stations (2%), and th
Autor:
Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson
Publikováno v:
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 5:299-312
Geothermal energy for electricity generation has been produced commercially since 1913, and for four decades on the scale of hundreds of MW both for electricity generation and direct use. The utilization has increased rapidly during the last three de
Autor:
Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson
Publikováno v:
Renewable Energy. 8:34-39
Geothermal energy has come of age as an energy source. It is found in most parts of the world and is harnessed by conventional technology. Commercial production on the scale of hundreds of MW has been undertaken for over three decades both for electr
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Geothermics. 23:175-214
Thermal springs have been used for bathing, washing and cooking for thousands of years in many countries. At the beginning of this century, experiments started with piping the hot water to houses for space heating and with using geothermal steam for
Autor:
Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson
Publikováno v:
Geothermics. 21:1001-1010
Specialized training in industrial uses of geothermal energy is available in Iceland. The Geothermal Training Programme of the United Nations University (UNU) has operated in Iceland since 1979 with six months' annual courses for professionals in eit
Autor:
Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson
Publikováno v:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 87:6363-6370
The lava pile penetrated by the Iceland Research Drilling Project (IRDP) hole formed in an axial rift zone that remained active for at least the last 13 m.y. The stratigraphic sequence is formed of subaerial volcanics, and it is likely that volcanism
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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 8:95-110
Several rhyolitic volcanic accumulations of subglacial origin in Iceland consist of two principal components: (1) hyaloclastite ; and (2) ellipsoidal to irregular lobes averaging about 7 m in diameter. Two different types of hyaloclastite, reflecting