Research / Development & Innovation
Research / Development & Innovation
Various sites in Europe
National Research Council (IT), Association Pour la Recherche et le Developpement des Methodes (FR), Orkustofnun (IS), GEORG (IS) Jeotermal Elektrik Santral Yatirimcilari (TR), Dokuz Eylul Universitesi (TR)
Deep geothermal energy production in some regions is confronted with a negative perception, and a special attention from some decision-makers, in terms of environmental performance. As a result, decision makers and potential investors have concerns about possible environmental impacts and risks involved in implementing geothermal projects, and social resistance often results in practical obstacles - such as significant slowdowns - to the deployment of the deep geothermal resources.
The first objective of the GEOENVI project is to make sure that deep geothermal energy can play its role in Europe’s future energy supply in a sustainable way. Secondly, GEOENVI aims at engaging with both decision-makers and geothermal market actors, to have the recommendations on regulations adopted and to see the LCA methodology implemented by geothermal stakeholders.
GEOENVI aims to create a robust strategy to respond to environmental concerns: • by assessing the environmental impacts and risks of geothermal projects operational or in development in Europe, and • by providing a robust framework to propose recommendations on environmental regulations to the decision-makers, an adapted methodology for assessing environment impact to the project developers, and finally • by communicating properly on environmental concerns with the general public.