Open Access Publishing to Support Geothermal Research Ernst Huenges, GfZ Potsdam Thomas Kohl, KIT KIT University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National Large-scale Research Center of the Helmholtz Association www.kit.edu
Geothermal Technology Development Advantages of geothermal systems: Huge potential, local, renewable, low on CO 2 Sustainable production base-load production Challenges of geothermal systems : High investment cost No warranty of success Barrier Geothermal requires higher public acceptance! 2
Geothermal Technology Development Key Questions: Goal: Geothermal potential Heating Electricity production State of technology Diversity of subsurface structures and technology Reservoir engineering, drilling, district heating, plant (working fluids, turbines, ) operation Broad application (Heat, power) Perspectives of development towards the end of the century? Accelerate the technological development 3
Geothermal Technology Development Analysis of environment of publications: Existing journals Geothermics, Energy Journals Geophysical journals (JGR, GJI, ) Geological Journals (EPSL, Geology, ) (petrological, rock mechanics, ) Books mostly from 1970-1990 Increasing Teaching Activity Germany: KIT, RWTH, TUM, TUC, TUF, TUB, Switzerland: UniNE, ETHZ, Iceland: UN School, University (USA, NZ, GB, ) International collaboration projects (Geiser, ENGINE, I-Get, ) 4
Geothermal Technology Development Requirement for open platform: Join forces between engineers and geologists wide spread of contributors Research / Industrial activities Project driven by industry with often minimum research investigation Availability of data, metadata, project timeline Archiving function Combination with existing archives of IGA Conference proceedings High scientific level Problems: Review process (overloaded experts) Better scientific visibility 5
Forecast of Geothermal Development Worldwide Installed Capacity 10000 1000 geothermal heat, GW t 100 geothermal power, GW el 10 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100 IPCC, 2011 geothermal heat / power, GW t,el 6
Forecast of Geothermal Development Worldwide Energy Production - 100 10000 geothermal heat, TWh t 1000-10 EJ TWh 100 geothermal power, TWh el - 1 geothermal heat / power, TWh t,el IPCC, 2011 10-0,1 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100 7
Power Production from Renewables (SRU-Scenario 2.1.b) Szenario Germany: min. 60% renewables, Little internat. grid utilization. Need: > 100 TWh geothermal electricity in 2050 Geothermal Solar Biomass Wind offshore Wind onshore Hydro SRU 2010 8
Example for New Research Plan: Institut Angewandte Geowissenschaften GeoLaB Black Forest Underground Research Laboratory for Geothermal Utilization GeoLaB - Geothermie-Labor im Bergwerk 9
Significance for geothermal energy development Accelerate local energy Long term development of geothermal electricity as alternative to electricity line / grids or local starage systems Geothermal heat production required to achieve the 20-20- 20-goal of the EU Operative Projects are required Geothermal drilling program Geothermal Masterplan Increasing investments in R&D 10
Open Access Publishing to Support Geothermal Research Helmholtz topic: Financial support for the starting phase Possible win-win structure: Helmholtz: To confirm its international standing To use of an international network Scientists: To accelerate publication process Fast visibility of research documents 11