Elsevier, Philip J. Ball, Graham Banks, Mikenna Montgomery, Juan Carlos Afonso, Chapter 12 - Global screening for superhot rock geothermal energy: Geodynamic settings, prospective heat endowment and extraction techniques, Editors: Silviu Livescu, Birol Dindoruk, Geothermal Energy Engineering, Elsevier, 2025, Pages 379-462.
This chapter introduces a Linnaean-style classification system for geothermal entities, summarizes engineering methodologies for extracting heat from superhot rock (SHR) thermal reservoirs, maps deep geothermal exploration projects, identifies optimal locations for future SHR exploration, and estimates the global in situ SHR heat resource, aiming to scale up geothermal energy as a key player in decarbonization efforts.
