This book demonstrates how geotermal energy can be a driving force for an economicaly sound and sustainable development. It looks at the provision of geothermal energy within the framework of sustainable energy development in developing countries for power generation, rural electrification and direct use to supoort several small scale industries like food processing, green house cultivation, pisciculture etc. The book gives an overview of the geothermal resource and economical availability, suitable geothermal exploration techiques, and optimal geothermal exploitation methods. Environmental aspects and benefits of geothermal energy resources utilization and related reduction of green house gase are discussed in the framework of local environmental protection and in the fame-work of the global climate change policies including the use of clean Development Mechanisme ( CDM ) opportunities for non Anex-I countries of the Kyoto Framework Convention of Climate Change FCCC, Institutional, policy regulation and fimnancial obstacles which hinder the promotion of geothermal energy and methods to overcoming such obstacles are addressed. Methods to get international support for capacity building and increasing public awareness for popularising of geothermal energy are elaborated. The role of private sector participation to overcome financial obstacles and incentives necessary to attract sectors' participation in geothermal energy resources development are also addresssed. Written in simple English, the book will be a useful guide for non-specialist, academiciands and policy makers as well as those working on sustainable energy development project. The book is addressed to: energy decusion makers, energy sector representatives and administratrors, policy makers,business leaders, energy engineers/sciantists, academicians and power producer, international development banks as well as hydrogeologists, water resources managers and engineers, land planners, agronimists, intellectualys, etc. who are concernad about the energy related problems of their contry.

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