geothermal

IntroductionDecarbonizing energy production is essential for achieving greenhouse gas mitigation goals. To date, most of the work on decarbonizing energy has been focused on electricity. The decarbonization of heat is also critical, as the heat demand from current industries is expected to grow and be supplemented by demand in emerging sectors (e.g. carbon dioxide removal). Despite this need, hea…

Geophysical applications to geothermal energy — Introduction Gasperikova, Erika; Fehler, Michael; Asanuma, Hiroshi; Trainor-Guitton, Whitney; Tezkan, Bülent; Bertrand, Ted Geothermal energy is a renewable resource that has the potential to provide much-needed energy in many regions around the globe. Electric power generation from hydrothermal and geopressured geothermal systems has been successfu…

Speaker/Affiliation: Kristine Pankow, University of Utah Title: Utah FORGE: A Field-Scale Geothermal Laboratory When: Wednesday, April 22nd 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: The Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) is a U.S. Department of Energy funded project to de-risk technologies necessary to make Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) commercially…

A new government-funded geothermal initiative, which includes an interactive map, has launched to help decision makers assess the geothermal potential across the UK. The post New platform highlights geothermal potential across the UK appeared first on British Geological Survey .

Geothermal energy offers a sustainable way to power homes and industries by harnessing the Earth’s heat. However, extracting this energy from deep, hot dry rock layers presents unique challenges, such as maintaining permeable channels—or fractures—within high-temperature, high-pressure, high-stress environments. The fractures in geothermal reservoirs allow fluids to flow through the reservoir and…

BGS has reached the halfway mark on its ambitious ground-source heat pump project at its headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. The post Local MP checks in on development of new geothermal ‘living laboratory’ in Nottinghamshire appeared first on British Geological Survey .

Gillian Martin MSP visits the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow to learn about geothermal energy and see the research being carried out at the facility. The post Unlocking our geothermal potential: a Scottish Government visit to the Glasgow Observatory appeared first on British Geological Survey .

BGS visits the active and fossilised geothermal systems of southern Tuscany, Italy. The post The heat beneath our feet: BGS field visit to Tuscan geothermal systems appeared first on British Geological Survey .

A new BGS report assesses the current situation around and future potential of deep geothermal energy in the UK. The post New report assesses deep geothermal energy in the UK appeared first on British Geological Survey .

The European Geothermal Congress will discuss how the geothermal sector can help with the energy crisis. The post BGS joins European Geothermal Congress to highlight UK’s geothermal potential appeared first on British Geological Survey .

FAU geologists participate in EU research project on improving geothermal systems Geologists at FAU want to find out how much the construction and operating costs of geothermal systems can be reduced. As part of a four-year international project, they will work with 15 European partners from research and industry to...

An article in the New Zealand Herald looking at scientists’ plans to investigate underground reservoirs of scalding hot water as a potential geothermal energy source. An excerpt: (read in full here) “Geothermal fluid is born when rainwater penetrates deep into the earth’s crust and encounters sizzling hot rock. “It flows through underground fissures in the rock and sometimes shoots to the surface…