Geothermal Power Generation Developments and Innovation

"Throughout the book, color photographs and diagrams are used to convey the nature of geothermal resources and a physical sense of different power plant designs, including dry steam, single-, double-, and triple-flash, to a variety of binary and hybrid plants. Extensive reference lists and bibliographies accompany each chapter for further in-depth reading and research.... Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation, Second Edition, includes 958 pages of first-rate geothermal information emphasizing advanced energy technologies. The exceptionally well-organized text is backed by a 30-page index.... Geothermal developers will find the book useful, as well.... The chapters are well-illustrated with helpful maps, photos, and figures. About 75 percent of the illustrations are in color, which I enjoyed." - Susan F. Hodgson (Geothermal expert, author) and Carlo Cariaga (Geochemist, Editor-in-Chief), ThinkGeoEnergy, February 2025

Dr. Ron DiPippo is a world authority and consultant on Geothermal Power Plants. He is Chancellor Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, former Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD), a visiting Research Professor and Visiting Lecturer at Brown University in Providence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a visiting lecturer at the School for Renewable Energy Science at the University of Akureyri, Iceland.

Luis Carlos Gutiérrez-Negrín is the Executive Director of the consulting company Geocónsul, SA de CV, Secretary of the CeMIE-Geo, AC, and member of the BoD of the National Institute for Electricity and Clean Energies (INEEL). He has served on the BoDs of the former GRC (now Geothermal Rising), the International Geothermal Association (IGA), and as President of the Mexican Geothermal Association. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s open-journal Geothermal Energy Science – Society – Technology and has authored/co-authored 198 peer-reviewed papers and informal communications, as well as two book chapters.

Andrew Chiasson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the US and Canada. He conducts research and teaches courses in the areas of Geothermal Energy, Solar Energy, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, and Energy Efficient Buildings. His research on geothermal energy and energy-efficient buildings has resulted in over 45 scientific publications, one book, and three book chapters.