Importance of geothermal energy and its environmental effects in Turkey

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1611-1615

  Kömürcü, Murat Ihsan ^a   Akpinar, Adem ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electricity production; Environment; Geothermal energy; Renewables

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATIONS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERES; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY NEEDS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GEOTHERMAL POTENTIALS; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; RENEWABLES; SPEED-UP;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 59049087046     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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