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Geothermal energy is renewable energy in the sense that heat extraction by technical systems is replenished by heat flow from the heat reservoir of the Earth. The latter is virtually inexhaustible at human time scales (Sect. 1.3). Although the ultimate heat reservoir is in effect everlasting, the question of sustainability of geothermal energy utilization must be answered for each individual site, plant and location separately because it depends on the system design and the dimensioning of the installation.
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Stober, I., Bucher, K. (2013). Potential Perspectives of Geothermal Energy Utilization. In: Geothermal Energy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13352-7_5
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