Review article

https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20180829122640

Environmental Impact of Geothermal Power Plants

Mladen Bošnjaković orcid.org/0000-0001-9882-585X ; College of Slavonski Brod, Dr. Mile Budaka 1, 35000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Marinko Stojkov orcid.org/0000-0003-1727-1766 ; Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Slavonski Brod, Trg Ivane Brlić Mažuranić 2, 35000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Mate Jurjević ; University of Dubrovnik, Maritime Department, Ćira Carića 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

Today, there is a growing awareness of the need for environmental protection and a healthy ecological environment. Given the growing popularity of renewable energy sources, they should be familiar with their environmental impact. Each renewable energy source has more or less environmental impacts that are most often compared to the influence of conventional fuels on the environment. The aim of this article is to show the potential impacts of geothermal power plants on the environment both in the construction phase and in the phase of regular work. Environmental impacts may be temporary or irreversible and include changes in habitats and land use, atmospheric emissions, increased noise, impact on surface and groundwater, land subsidence, occurrence of seismicity and solid waste disposal. The magnitude of the influence depends on the characteristics of the geothermal source, the applied thermodynamic cycle, and the applied abatement systems.

Keywords

environment; geothermal power plant; impact

Hrčak ID:

226053

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/226053

Publication date:

8.10.2019.

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