Geothermal energy developments

Sakai, S., Matsunaga, E. and Kubota, Y. (1993) Geothermal energy development in the Sumikawa field, northeast Japan. Resource Geology, 43, 409-425 (in Japanese with English abst.). 

C. Otte, Geothermal Energy in Developing Countries, Energy and the Environment in the 21st Century, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1991, p. 755. 

During the last three decades, subaerial geothermal areas in the Japanese Islands have been explored considerably and geothermal energy plants were developed. It was recognized that some active geothermal systems are accompanied by present-day base-metal and precious-metal mineralizations. 

BanwELL, C. J. 1975. Geothermal energy and its uses Technical, economic, environmental, and legal aspects. In Proceedings Second United Nations Symposium on the Development and Use of Geothermal Resources, San Francisco, 20-29 May 1975, 2257-2267. 

Batik, H., Kocak, A., Akkus, I., Simsek, S., Mertoglu, O., Dokuz, I. Bakir, N. 2000. Geothermal energy utilization development in Turkey - present geothermal situation and projections. In Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2000, Kyushu-Tohoku, Japan, 28 May-10 June 2000, 85-91. 

Giggenbach, W. F. 1991. Chemical techniques in geothermal exploration. In D Amore F. (ed) Application of Geochemistry in Geothermal Reservoir Development. UNITAR/UNDP Centre on Small Energy Resources, Rome, 119-144. 

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