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FORSTERK-Forsterkningsmidler

Geothermal energy media dissemination building on the H2020 GEMex project

Alternative title: Mediaformidling av geotermisk energi som bygger på H2020 GEMex prosjektet

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

This proposal is for outreach to various segments of the Norwegian society to share the results of the EU Horizon-2020 "GEMex" project, especially because many of the results can also be useful in mainland Norway for low-temperature geothermal, and on the Norwegian Shelf for O&G. GEMex was a 4-year collaboration between European and Mexican researchers and industry to solve challenges inherent to high-temperature geothermal fields, using two volcanic caldera fields in Mexico as examples. From Norway, both NORCE and IFE participated. NORCE worked on methods to predict the locations and orientations of open faults and fractures that would carry hot fluids in the 2-km-deep reservoir; these would be drilling targets. IFE worked on chemical tracers that could track the flow of the super-hot fluids from one well to another through the fractures. Norce also worked on geophysical methods to detect the deep fluids, but that is not an objective of this proposal. We feel that the Norwegian public would be interested in the exploration of superhot geothermal waters near volcanoes, their use to generate green electricity, the similarities to the exploration for and production of oil, relation to climate and the green energy transition. We expect interest also in the field mapping, drone-based virtual outcrops and high-tech chemical tracers. Many of the techniques we used in Mexical can be useful to improve geothermal systems here in Norway. Thus we plan articles in newspapers and technical magazines. There are many opportunities for Norwegian industry to use their oil-and-gas know-how to transition to geothermal, thus we plan a science-meets industry conference. Lastly, to profile the Norwegian expertise and contributions on the international plane as well as at home, we plan several papers in academic journals. Thes articles will also cover the application of the "GEMex" methods to advancing the use and efficiency of ground-sourced heat pumps in Norway.

This proposal is for outreach to various segments of the Norwegian society to share the results of the EU Horizon-2020 "GEMex" project, especially because many of the results can also be useful in mainland Norway for low-temperature geothermal, and on the Norwegian Shelf for O&G. GEMex was a 4-year collaboration between European and Mexican researchers and industry to solve challenges inherent to high-temperature geothermal fields, using two volcanic caldera fields in Mexico as examples. From Norway, both NORCE and IFE participated. NORCE worked on methods to predict the locations and orientations of open faults and fractures that would carry hot fluids in the 2-km-deep reservoir; these would be drilling targets. IFE worked on chemical tracers that could track the flow of the super-hot fluids from one well to another through the fractures. Norce also worked on geophysical methods to detect the deep fluids, but that is not an objective of this proposal. We feel that the Norwegian public would be interested in the exploration of superhot geothermal waters near volcanoes, their use to generate green electricity, the similarities to the exploration for and production of oil, relation to climate and the green energy transition. We expect interest also in the field mapping, drone-based virtual outcrops and high-tech chemical tracers. Many of the techniques we used in Mexico can be useful to improve geothermal systems here in Norway. Thus we plan articles in newspapers and technical magazines. There are many opportunities for Norwegian industry to use their oil-and-gas know-how to transition to geothermal, thus we plan a science-meets industry conference. Lastly, to profile the Norwegian expertise and contributions on the international plane as well as at home, we plan several papers in academic journals. Thes articles will also cover the application of the "GEMex" methods to advancing the use and efficiency of ground-sourced heat pumps in Norway.

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