Researchers and professionals are invited to submit two-page extended abstracts for oral and poster presentations through the following link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=georin2azores

Authors must have an EasyChair account to submit the same submission or create one.

Abstracts may be submitted covering, but not limited to, the following topics:

Shallow Geothermal Systems: Exploration and Characterization

How should a site for shallow geothermal energy projects be characterized? What methodologies have been proposed? From thermal response tests to temperature monitoring, including numerical modeling approaches and uncertainty analysis, this session will present the exploration methods used to characterize sites for shallow geothermal energy projects, as well as the results of that characterization.

Deep Geothermal Systems: Exploration and Characterization

The location, characterization, and sustainable management of deep geothermal resources require detailed, long-term surface studies. Discoveries and advances in resource exploration and characterization techniques will be highlighted in this session. This session will also address environmental aspects, impacts, monitoring, and the development of baselines for geothermal projects.

Geothermal and the Built Environment

What is the best way to integrate geothermal systems into the built environment? From architecture and the integration of geothermal energy into infrastructure design to district heating and cooling and thermal energy networks, this session aims to explore case studies and lessons learned on how geothermal energy can be integrated into the built environment and urban planning.

Heating & Cooling

Fifty percent of global energy demand is based on needs for heating and cooling in domestic and industrial settings. This session will discuss the activity and development in heating and cooling applications, market research and development, and heat customers. Contributions related to district heating and cooling systems and thermal energy networks are welcome to this session.

Conventional & Next-Gen Deep Geothermal Systems

This session brings together everything related to technology and innovation in the field of deep geothermal systems. From new drilling technologies to the development of AGS systems, this session aims to highlight ongoing research and practical applications in the field of conventional and next-generation deep geothermal systems.

Underground Thermal Energy Storage (ATES, BTES, CTES, MTES)

Underground thermal energy storage (UTES) offers great potential as a means of balancing seasonal heating and cooling demand for buildings and storing excess renewable energy at times of low demand. UTES systems are, if well designed, more efficient and cheaper to operate than traditional geothermal installations. However, UTES has not yet been widely adopted, and this is partly due to the need for a better understanding of the subsurface processes and approaches for geothermal site assessment. This track will highlight research underway and real-world applications to help advance UTES deployment.

Geothermal Applications & Synergies

Greenhouse heating and cooling, retrofitting of oil and gas wells for geothermal purposes, use of active and abandoned, flooded mines for geothermal heating and cooling, applications of geothermal resources to balneotherapy and space heating, and the use of geothermal brines as a source of critical raw materials are some of the aspects that will be addressed in this session.

The Social, Economic, and Political Side of Geothermal

This session aims to understand activities underway, under development, and the work still needed in social impact and governance, FPIC (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent), Resettlement Assistance plans (RAP), right to operate, managing expectations, social economics, and the language we use. At the end of the day, stakeholder engagement and good project communication at the community level is vital for the success of a project.

As developing and understanding financing, finance structures, finance sources, and the route to a project being finance ready is one of the most important aspects of any project, this session will look to provide insights on all things geothermal project economics including Public and Development Banks, Insurance and Risk Mitigation, Business Strategies and Models, LCOE, LCOH, PPA’s, PPPP’s IFC, financial due diligence, Overseas Assistance funds, and Venture Capital funding. This is a key aspect, as project economics is often the leading barrier to project development and deployment.

In addition, as robust policies and regulatory frameworks that support the development of geothermal projects are often lacking, this session will present those policies that work and those that are under development; regulatory activities that support development and the gaps that remain. This track will also explore areas that are open to standardisation for rapid and consistent development globally. Finally, stakeholder engagement and good project communication at the community level is vital for the success of a project. This track also aims to understand activities underway, under development, and the work still needed in social impact and governance, FPIC (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent), Resettlement Assistance plans (RAP), right to operate, managing expectations, social economics, and the language we use.