GEOTHERMAL ERA NET
Geothermal ERA NET
| Coordinatore | ORKUSTOFNUN
Organization address
address: GRENSASVEGUR 9 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Iceland [IS] |
| Totale costo | 2˙356˙773 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙999˙958 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENERGY
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy |
| Code Call | FP7-ERANET-2011-RTD |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-CA |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-05-01 - 2016-04-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ORKUSTOFNUN
Organization address
address: GRENSASVEGUR 9 contact info |
IS (REYKJAVIK) | coordinator | 630˙731.20 |
| 2 |
MINISTERIE VAN ECONOMISCHE ZAKEN
Organization address
address: BEZUIDENHOUTSEWEG 73 contact info |
NL (The Hague) | participant | 248˙734.86 |
| 3 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 237˙777.54 |
| 4 |
THE ICELANDIC CENTRE FOR RESEARCH
Organization address
address: Laugavegur 13 contact info |
IS (REYKJAVIK) | participant | 167˙321.25 |
| 5 |
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH
Organization address
address: Leo-Brandt-Strasse contact info |
DE (JUELICH) | participant | 133˙256.62 |
| 6 |
AGENCE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE LA MAITRISE DE L'ENERGIE
Organization address
address: avenue du Gresille 20 contact info |
FR (ANGERS) | participant | 132˙967.83 |
| 7 |
"Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport"
Organization address
city: Bratislava contact info |
SK (Bratislava) | participant | 126˙260.00 |
| 8 |
TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU
Organization address
address: Ataturk Bulvari 221 contact info |
TR (ANKARA) | participant | 95˙497.50 |
| 9 |
MAGYAR FOLDTANI ES GEOFIZIKAI INTEZET
Organization address
address: STEFANIA UT 14 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 91˙164.11 |
| 10 |
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORTS ENERGY AND COMMUNICATION
Organization address
address: Bundeshaus Nord contact info |
CH (BERN) | participant | 82˙747.09 |
| 11 |
GEOLOSKI ZAVOD SLOVENIJE
Organization address
address: DIMICEVA 14 contact info |
SI (LJUBLJANA) | participant | 27˙820.00 |
| 12 |
EDA - ELECTRICIDADE DOS ACORES SA
Organization address
city: PONTA DELGADA contact info |
PT (PONTA DELGADA) | participant | 25˙680.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The proposed ERA-NET will deepen the cooperation of national program owners and administrators and thus be an enabler for the integration of national research and development agendas into a coherent European geothermal R&D program. Countries participating in the first instance in this ERA NET are chosen on the basis of their ambitions to include geothermal energy into their goals for 2020 and 2050 on the reduction of CO2 emissions. A cornerstone of the implementation will be the broadening of this ERA NET partnership by including additional European national program owners to ensure the appropriate geographic balance and complementarily. The Geothermal ERA-NET will focus on the utilization of geothermal energy, from direct heating use up to higher enthalpy resources and their corresponding use (e.g. power generation). To ensure appropriate linkages to related R&D activities (renewable heating and cooling via ground storage heat pumps, power distribution and transmission) the interface with related ERA-NETs such as ERACOBUILD or SmartGrids will be maintained to avoid overlap. The ERA NET will include technical and non-technical issues as long they can be considered to be exclusively applied to the support of geothermal energy utilization. A significant instrument will be the EERA Joint Programme on Geothermal Energy whose aim it is to contribute via research and development to the renewable energy targets for 2020 and beyond in member and associated states. Coordination activities will focus on implementation of commonly agreed objectives and joint activities and funding of joint transnational research actions'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU-funded initiative will deepen and enlarge European collaboration on geothermal energy, helping to minimise fragmentation of research in this field.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Geothermal energy for power generation is a safe and environmentally friendly energy source achieved by digging out the heat stored within the Earth's surface. Despite its advantages, it is not widely used in Europe given that it is not readily accessible in many countries.
Promoting high diversification of the energy mix should benefit countries that rely on increasingly costly oil. It would also be an important step toward mitigating climate change. Certain countries in Europe where geological conditions are exceptionally favourable, such as Iceland and Italy, have already harnessed this natural heat source for power generation.
Through numerous projects, other countries such as France, Germany and Switzerland have also started to work on new approaches to exploit this energy source. The EU-funded project http://www.geothermaleranet.is/ (GEOTHERMAL ERA NET) (Geothermal ERA NET) is strengthening cooperation amongst national programme managers and administrators with a view to helping them set up a framework for a common platform and agenda.
GEOTHERMAL ERA NET focuses on direct use and higher enthalpy uses of geothermal energy.
Over the first project period, the focus has been on exchanging information on the status of geothermal energy use, including national support schemes and research and development (R&D) activities. Emphasis has also been placed on gaining understanding of the main stakeholders, for a successful Europe-wide coordination of funded national R&D, deployment and innovation geothermal energy programmes.
Organisation and sharing of geothermal data play an important role. GEOTHERMAL ERA NET countries have set up a joint European geothermal information platform to increase the sharing of potential geothermal energy users.
The project group has met five times and organised two workshops on the state-of-the-art geothermal database and needs, and on a geothermal database feasibility study. GEOTHERMAL ERA NET is expected to contribute to an indigenous European energy supply that is reliable, affordable and sustainable.