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Climate change and energy are two of the biggest challenges in the world and Vietnam today. To resolve the above-mentioned problem, especially the energy shortage, studying renewable energy systems is becoming necessary. This paper investigates the current status of renewable geothermal energy in Vietnam. This study focuses on determining the heat source based on geothermometry calculations of K+ and Na+ cations in the most 18 potential geothermal sources (in the northern part of Vietnam) in association with the assessment and examination of groundwater potential by the hydrogeological survey. With the deep temperatures of reservoirs that varied from 136 to 170 °C, these geothermal reservoirs can be explored for the electricity power plan of the capacities between 4.2 MWe and 17.4 MWe. And as a result, these 18 geothermal resources were estimated to be around 170MWe for the capacity prospects of electricity generation. Furthermore, the comparison of the policy toward renewable energy and people’s feedback is illustrated.
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This work was supported by the Domestic Master/Ph.D. Scholarship Program of Vingroup Innovation Foundation and VNU University of Science—Hanoi through project number KHCN-TB.01 T/13-18 (Northwest Program).
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Hoang, V.H., Vu, V.T., Tran, T.T., Pham, X.A., Phan, T.T. (2022). Geothermal Renewable Energy in Vietnam: A Current Status Overview and Proposing Solutions for Development. In: Nguyen, A.T., Hens, L. (eds) Global Changes and Sustainable Development in Asian Emerging Market Economies Vol. 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81443-4_29
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