Global Deployment of Geothermal Energy Using a New Characterization in GCAM 1.0

Hannam, Phil ; Kyle, G. Page ; Smith, Steven J.

关键词: AVAILABILITY;    CARBON;    CLIMATIC CHANGE;    ELECTRICITY;    GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;    GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS;    NUCLEAR ENERGY;    SIMULATION;    STORAGE;   

DOI  :  10.2172/991595
RP-ID  :  PNNL-19231
PID  :  OSTI ID: 991595
Others  :  Other: EB5701000
Others  :  TRN: US201022%%45

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This report documents modeling of geothermal energy in GCAM 1.0 (formerly MiniCAM) from FY2008 to FY2009, from the inputs to the U.S. Climate Change Technology Program report (Clarke et al., 2008a) to the present representation, which will be used in future work. To demonstrate the newest representation, we describe the procedure and outcome of six model runs that illustrate the potential role of geothermal energy in the U.S. and global regions through different futures climate policy, development and deployment of engineered, or enhanced, geothermal systems (EGS), and availability of other low-cost, low-carbon electricity generation technologies such as nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS).