{"id":5280,"date":"2026-01-12T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/?p=5280"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:58:53","slug":"carlos-gorraez-meraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/carlos-gorraez-meraz\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Gorraez Meraz"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||-50px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;54px|0px|20px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;|40px||40px||true&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; padding_tablet=&#8221;|40px||40px||true&#8221; padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Name \/ Page Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|40px||40px|false|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Description&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|40px|20px|40px|false|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<p>Carlos Gorraez Meraz is a research-driven sustainability and energy transition professional specializing in the adoption and acceptance of geothermal energy. Gorraez Meraz emphasizes that geothermal energy\u2014including building heat, industrial process, and reliable baseload electricity\u2014offers a largely underutilized pathway for decarbonization and climate change mitigation. He also highlights that geothermal diffusion depends not only on technical feasibility, but also on social acceptance, including the underexplored dimension of market acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>His doctoral research will explore the market acceptance of geothermal systems in North America, informed by prior work on social acceptance in Western Canada and the United States through his Master\u2019s thesis and his Earth Energy Fellowship with Geothermal Rising.<\/p>\n<p>His research interests include how investors and developers evaluate geothermal opportunities, how preferences may vary across system types, and how financial, regulatory, and business-model conditions shape investment willingness and market adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Through this work, Gorraez Meraz aims to generate evidence-based insights to support management practice and policy design for scaling geothermal across Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He brings over 30 years of senior leadership experience in the Mexican Navy, retiring at the rank of Captain. 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