low-medium temperature geothermal heating and cooling solutions
10 October 2023 in Dublin, Ireland
GEOTHERMICA Initiative, CETPartnership TRI4 Heating & Cooling, and Geological Survey Ireland organised a workshop at the EPIC Museum in Dublin on 10 October 2023. The workshop focused on low-medium temperature geothermal heating and cooling solutions for campuses and cities. Around 50 people from 11 countries attended the workshop (from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, Iceland, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States).
Representatives from the European Geothermal Energy Council, Geological Survey Ireland, GEOTHERMICA Initiative, and CETPartnership TRI4 Heating & Cooling gave an overview of the geothermal sector in Europe and insights into the latest developments.
Speakers from academia, research, and industry presented projects from the Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, the United States, Scotland, Switzerland, and Iceland on geothermal heating and cooling solutions for campuses and cities. Below, you can find their presentations:
Emil Martini, Policy Associate, European Geothermal Energy
Council
Overview of Low-medium Temperature Geothermal in Europe
Sarah Blake, PhD, Senior Geologist, Geological Survey
Ireland
Irish Geothermal Potential and Latest Developments
Gerdi Breembroek, Leading Expert, CETPartnership TRI4H&C
and Stephan Schreiber, Co-Chair GEOTHERMICA Initiative
Opportunities for Low-medium Temperature Geothermal for the Energy Transition
in Europe
Martin Bloemendal, PhD, Assistant Professor, TU Delft
TU Delft Subsurface Urban Energy Lab for Development of Geothermal Technologies
Mark Geraghty, Environmental and Sustainability Manager, TU Dublin
Decarbonising Heat in an Urban Setting
Aggrey Mwesigye, Assistant Professor, University of
Calgary
Low-to-medium Temperature Geothermal for Campuses
Steve Beyers, P.E. Cornell University
Low Temperatures Geothermal for District Heat in the Eastern U.S.
David Townsend, Founder & CEO, TownRock Energy
Galleries2Calories: Presenting Progress of the Edinburgh GeoBattery Research
Project
Loïc Quiquerez, PhD, Energy Systems Expert, Services
Industriels de Geneve
Scenarios for Integration of Medium-depth Geothermal in an Evolving District
Heating System - Case study Geneva
Heimir Tryggvason, PhD, Specialist District Heating and
Direct Use of Geothermal Energy, National Energy Authority of Iceland
Use of Lower Temperature Geothermal Sources for Space Heating in Iceland
Roman Shor, Associate Professor and Energi Simulation Industrial
Research Chair in Geothermal Systems, University of Calgary
Geothermal Heating and Cooling for Cold Continental and Subarctic Climates in
Canada
The workshop highlighted promising concepts for utilizing low- and medium temperature geothermal energy for the heating and cooling transition of cities and campuses. Discussions during the workshop underlined the potential, as well as the need take a broad perspective on low- and medium temperature geothermal in future activities, for example in the Calls of CETPartnership TRI4 Heating and Cooling.
Impressions from the meeting, Dublin, 2023
