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Dear GeoPLASMA-CE community,
After more than 3 years of hard work, our project GEOPLASMA-CE ended in September 2019. The project team is very proud that all planned outputs for promoting an efficient and sustainable use of shallow geothermal in Central Europe could be achieved.
Our main outcomes are available through the GeoPLASMA-CE web portal, which offers networking and knowledge sharing tools like our Yellow Pages and our Repository. Moreover, GIS based web services provide detailed information on resources and limitations of shallow geothermal energy use for our 6 pilot areas in more than 50 individual web layers. If you are not so familiar in using web maps, you can use a comfortable PDF report function for extracting all information available at a selected location inside our pilot areas. The GeoPLASMA-CE web portal is available in 6 languages: English, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak and Slovenian. All maps we have produced are linked to joint harmonized workflows, which are published in methodological catalogues. The methods applied are described in an easily understandable way for easier transfer to other regions.
We also addressed joint quality standards for managing shallow geothermal energy use. The defined standards and procedures follow a management loop consisting of “web information system” as the key starting and ending point and the further steps: “planning”, “licensing”, “installation”, “operation”, “monitoring” and “site closure”. The proposed approaches are summarized in our HANDBOOK for a successful implementation of Shallow Geothermal Energy.
Finally, yet most importantly, we developed regional strategies for promoting the use of shallow geothermal energy in our 6 pilot regions. The strategies have been developed together with local stakeholders and provide detailed measures to enhance the future use of shallow geothermal for heating and cooling. The findings from our work in the pilot areas have finally been summarized to a joint GeoPLASMA-CE POSITION PAPER to foster the use of shallow geothermal in Central Europe. The joint position paper was published and promoted at the “Shallow Geothermal Energy Days” event, held from September 24 to 25 in Brussels, which was organized by GeoPLASMA-CE, EGEC and the Renewable Heating and Cooling Platform (RHC-ETIP). The event was a great success attended by more than 50 participants across Europe.
The findings achieved in GeoPLASMA-CE were inspiring us to set-up follow up projects like GeoERA- MUSE or the recently started COST Action Geothermal DHC, which will pick up topics related to the enhanced use of shallow geothermal in Europe.
For now, we want to thank you for following our project and would like to say goodbye to you. The project team will now go separated ways, but our outcomes will stay! Please visit GeoPLASMA-CE web portal to get access to all our outputs.
Gregor GOETZL, GeoPLASMA-CE coordinator, Geological Survey of Austria
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GeoPLASMA-CE Final EEAB meeting and the Final Conference in Freiberg
The project consortium, external evaluation advisory board members (EEAB) as well as local stakeholders meet in Freiberg, Germany for the Final EEAB Meeting and the Final Project Conference held from May 20 - 22, 2019.
GeoPLASMA-CE project consortium invited external expert advisory board members (EEAB) for the final meeting on May 20, 2019 to get their final feedback on project outputs. After the intensive discussion we made a tour into Reiche Zeche (old silver mine).
The Final Project Conference followed on May 21 and 22, 2019 at a very impressive Kultur- und Tagungshalle Nikolaikirche. The first day was focused on the presentation of the results of the project. On the second day we learned more about the shallow geothermal energy markets of some developed markets like in Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria and emerging market in Poland.
The event was attended by researchers, authorities, service providers and association representatives from all partner countries as well as Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium.
More about the Final Project Conference is available here.
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The adventure tour in the Reiche Zeche (old silver mine) after the EEAB meeting in Freiberg
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The European Shallow Geothermal Energy Days in Brussels
From September 24 to 25, 2019 more than 50 experts from over 18 European countries met in Brussels to join the first “European Shallow Geothermal Energy Days” to discuss ways to support a better integration of this technology in the European heating and cooling market.
The event aimed at connecting policy makers to scientists and professionals, to promote and discuss opportunities for boosting this technology in the upcoming decade. This event represents a new format introduced by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC), the Renewable Heating and Cooling Platform (RHC-ETIP) and the Interreg Central Europe project GeoPLASMA-CE.
You can read more here.
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R. Grimm presenting good practice examples on shallow geothermal use in large volume buildings in Germany
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Evaluated Guidelines on Harmonized workflows and Methods for urban and non-urban areas
The guideline summarizes the harmonized workflows and lessons learned for mapping the geothermal potential, risk and conflict factors for shallow geothermal uses in urban and non-urban areas for open loop and closed loop geothermal installations.
It is based on the harmonized workflows designed for the GeoPLASMA-CE project tested in the six pilot areas. The harmonized and evaluated workflow is clearly presented in order to place our experiences to public use. It is addressed to geoscientists who want to calculate the potential of shallow geothermal installations. The workflow is presented in various chapters referring to different topics such that a user can easily identify most relevant part for himself. The GeoPLASMA-CE team modelled the 3D geological structure of the subsurface for each pilot area, calculated the geothermal potential for open and closed loop geothermal systems and produced thematic maps visualizing land use risks and conflicts and the general suitability for open and closed loop geothermal systems. As result 27 output parameters were defined as relevant parameters for planning and calculating a geothermal plant and are visualised at the project web-GIS.
The report is available here.
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The guidelines give a summary of all workflow steps to achieve harmonized standards of mapping shallow geothermal potential and land use conflicts to follow up users and stakeholders in Central Europe. All maps visualizing the characteristic parameters for our pilot areas can be found at GeoPLASMA-CE web portal.
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Thermal conductivity with error estimation bars of the benchmark tests in comparison
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Calibration Report based on the pilot activities for transfer of knowledge
In GeoPLASMA-CE several calibration and validation tasks has been carried out which can be separated into three subtopics. These are the calibration of temperature sensors, the comparison of thermal conductivity measurements and thermal response benchmark tests.
The compiled report contains first, the calibration of groundwater temperature sensors used in the pilot areas Vienna and Bratislava-Hainburg and second the comparison of the devices and methods used for thermal property measurements. For this, representative rock samples from the pilot areas in Austria, Poland and Slovenia have been collected and exchanged between the institutions. Third, the linked report covers all comparison and benchmark tests involving thermal response test devices from the partners. It describes the field measurements carried out, the comparison of the evaluation routines and offers an approach of a proper error calculation for every single TRT measurement.
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In black squares are measured values of the samples, compared between the laboratories. In case of a larger set of repeated measurements (GeoZS, PGI-NRI/CGS) results of measurements are displayed with minimum and maximum values, while in other cases the average values of the measured parameter are presented with points (GBA).
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GeoPLASMA-CE web-portal
The GeoPLASMA-CE web-portal contains all our main project outcomes and serves as Central European wide information platform about shallow geothermal energy for everybody. It is available in six languages (English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian and Polish) and consists of two main parts:
First part is a knowledge platform, which aims to disseminate profound background information on shallow geothermal energy use and to connect people interested in this topic across Europe.
Second part of the web-portal is a web-based information and decision support system for our six pilot areas in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Slovenia. GIS based web maps show the general suitability of shallow geothermal energy use for open loop and closed loop systems. Numerous resource and conflict of use maps provide more detailed and advanced information. The user can select an address or a point of interest on the map to get a downloadable location specific data report, which summarizes all information available. The web system also indicates locations of field measurements performed in GeoPLASMA-CE and provides the field data as download.
The GeoPLASMA-CE web portal is available here.
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Example of the GeoPLASMA-CE web GIS – Pilot area Ljubljana
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Join a virtual tour through our web-portal with our entertaining tutorial video available in English, German, Czech, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian language.
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GeoPLASMA-CE Strategy Report
Based on the outcomes of the stakeholder interaction in the six pilot areas the project team developed a joint position paper for fostering the use of shallow geothermal in Central Europe and beyond. The position paper contains an analysis of the current market situation of shallow geothermal use, derived from the latest market report of the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC). It also covers 2030 target indicators for the required growth of the heating and cooling provided by shallow geothermal. For a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of the European heating market, the currently produced thermal work in the EU (around 27 TWh) needs to be expanded to 210 TWh, which means an increase by almost 700% of the current market. In turn, reaching this level of heat produced by shallow geothermal leads to an increase of the energy efficiency by almost 10% in case ground source heat pumps would replace aerothermal systems.
The joint position paper also identifies 6 major non-technological barriers towards a significant increase of the shallow geothermal market. The GeoPLASMA-CE team proposes detailed measures to reduce these barriers. The final section of the joint positon paper offers a self-assessment questionnaire to evaluate the current market conditions for the use of shallow geothermal in regions outside GeoPLASMA-CE.
The complete GeoPLASMA-CE position paper can be downloaded here.
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Overview of the economic difusion rate and the current growth of shallow geothermal energy in 22 EU member states (GeoPLASMA-CE countries are coloured in green)
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Final publications
HANDBOOK for a successful implementation of Shallow Geothermal Energy is available in English,
German,
Czech,
Polish,
Slovakian, and
Slovenian language. The handbook is aimed at decision makers, authorities and experts located in the pilot regions. It offers a very succinct compilation of aspects to consider for successful regulation and management of this energy source.
The GeoPLASMA-CE POSITION PAPER to foster the use of shallow geothermal in Central Europe is available in English and
German language. Our joint position paper aims at transferring and upscaling strategic findings from GeoPLASMA-CE to accelerate investment in shallow geothermal energy systems as a key technology for renewable heating, cooling and heat storage to 2030 and net zero by 2050.
The handbook is addressed to the policy makers, agencies as well as non-governmental and governmental organisations dealing with meeting renewable heating and cooling targets in Europe.
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Follow up projects based on GeoPLASMA-CE activities
MUSE – Managing Urban Shallow Geothermal Energy, co-funded by GeoERA ERA-NET Action, read more here...
Geothermal-DHC - Research network for including geothermal technologies into decarbonized heating and cooling grids, co-funded by COST Action CA18219, read more here...
Analysis of the potential of geothermal energy at medium and high depths on the territory of the Czech Republic based on available data, funded by Technological Agency of the Czech Republic
Assessment of the possibility of using distributed energy sources including geothermal, heat pumps and photovoltaic panels and their synergy with the functioning heating system of Krakow, funded by MPEC S.A. municipal heat provider in Krakow
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