About the event

The CHPM2030 project, the Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands (KNGMG) and the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) will co-organise a EuroWorkshop on “Geology and the energy transition” on 23 May 2019 in Delft, the Netherlands. A complementary fieldtrip will be organised on 24 May under the title “Exploring the Anthropocene”. This third circular presents the event's full programme.

Objectives

The aim of this EuroWorkshop is to provide insights into the energy transition and how it affects geosciences. Furthermore, it is our aim that the provided information and knowledge will improve our understanding of the future role geoscientists have to play in the energy transition, facilitate cross-fertilisation between different scientific areas and contribute to the objective to bring our society a step closer to reaching the goal of zero CO2 emissions.
 

 Programme

“Policy discussed by policymakers”

The morning session will be discussing policies that have been adopted at European and national level to encourage the energy transition, to gain an understanding of how these policies will provide directions for future developments.
 
Key note speakers:

• Haitze Siemers (Head of Unit of the ‘New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal’ unit, DG Energy, European Commission) 
• Ruud Cino (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate Change)
• Vitor Correia (President, European Federation of Geologists)
• Lucia van Geuns (Strategic Advisor Energy, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies)
• Adele Manzella (ETIP-DG; Italian National Research Council)

“Projects presented by geologists for geologists”

In the afternoon, two parallel sessions will present actual projects where geoscience plays a key role in the implementation of the energy transition: 

Session I will present the outcomes of the Horizon 2020 funded CHPM2030 project which aims to develop a novel and potentially disruptive technology solution that can help satisfy the European needs for energy and strategic metals in a single interlinked process:

• Overview of the CHPM2030 project results by Éva Hartai and Tamás Madarász (CHPM2030 project coordinators, University of Miskolc)
• Metal content mobilisation from deep ore bodies by Chris Rochelle (British Geological Survey)
• Metal recovery from geothermal fluids by Xochitl Dominguez, Jan Fransaer (VITO)
• Salt gradient power generation by reverse electrodialysis by Joost Helsen (VITO)
• System integration and conceptual framework for the CHPM plant by Árni Ragnarsson (Iceland GeoSurvey)
• Economic and environmental aspects of the CHPM technology by Wojtech Wertich (MinPol) and Máté Osvald (University of Szeged)
• 2030 and 2050 Roadmaps for the CHPM technology by Tamás Miklovicz (La Palma Research Centre)

 
Session II will present other projects in which geoscientists play a key role regarding the energy transition:

• CO2-Plume Geothermal (CPG) technology by Martin Saar (ETH Zürich)
• Enhancing Geothermal Reservoirs by Inga Berre (University of Bergen)
• GEOCOND- Advanced materials and processes to improve performance and cost-efficiency of Shallow Geothermal systems and UTES. A European project to increase the performance and impact of the SGEs by Jose Manuel Cuevas Castell (Technical University of Valencia)
• Subsurface Energy Storage and Buffering (ATES and Shallow Geothermal Plants) by David Klemetz (WSP Sweden)
• Offshore Foundations – Key Geotechnical and Geological Uncertainties by Kenneth Gavin (TU Delft)
• Geotechnical surveying and soil testing for solar projects by Ramón Perez (Tecsolgeo)
• Raw materials for the energy transition, existing data harmonization problems in Europe and possible solutions, recent results from ORAMA project by Perttu Mikkola (Geological Survey of Finland)
• CO2 storage for completing the energy transition by Rowena Stead and Ton Wildenborg (BRGM/TNO)

More information & registration 

Full information about the event:
https://eurogeologists.eu/euroworkshop-geology-energy-transition/

You can also directly register at the following link. 

As seats at the venue are limited, we recommend to register as soon as possible. 

Special rates are offered for students, members of EFG’s National Associations and European Geologist title holders.

Co-organisers

CHPM2030 project
Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands (KNGMG)
European Federation of Geologists

 

Sponsors

TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands & Deltares