Tag: Research
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Highlights from the Mine Water Geothermal Energy Symposium
PUSH-IT representatives attended the IEA Geothermal 2024 Mine Water Geothermal Energy Symposium, which brought together international participants to share case studies of mine water heating projects as well as developments in mine thermal energy storage (MTES).
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Recap: check out what PUSH-IT presented at EGU Vienna 2024
EGU Vienna, the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union, welcomed 20,000 attendees – including many PUSH-IT members. They contributed to multiple of the hundreds of sessions. See the overview in this post to learn more about our conference contributions!
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Governance and regulation for heat storage
For technologies operating in the subsurface living environment, an appropriate regulatory framework is fundamental to protect the common interests of all users and prevent negative impacts on the environment. We aim to understand if and how this new technology is incorporated in existing regulations and if or where regulation may create barriers for widespread technology deployment.
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Meet VITO: How can we achieve smart control of heat networks?
Let us introduce you to our partner VITO, which focuses on how we can achieve smart control of heat networks to optimally integrate heat storage in the network.
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Understanding the social aspects of geothermal energy
Last month, PUSH-IT organised a webinar for project members, featuring Daniëlle van Duin from Polycentric, who provided valuable insights into societal engagement in geothermal projects.
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Meet the partner – Utrecht University
Let us introduce you to our partner Utrecht University, which focuses on reducing the costs of heat storage in PUSH-IT. Dr. Wen Liu is assistant professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University. This is a scientific institute for sustainability research and education. “We contribute to the transition to a sustainable society through research that is both scientifically excellent and societally relevant.”
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Meet the scientist – Melanie Rohse (Anglia Ruskin University)
In this edition of Meet the Scientist we interview Mel Rohse, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Sustainability Institute (Anglia Ruskin University). Mel focuses on societal engagement within the PUSH-IT project. “Our societal engagement work matters because people matter!”
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Exploring Microbial Diversity: Water Quality Research at the Delft ATES pilot site
How does underground thermal energy storage influence microbial diversity? This is one of the topics being researched using water quality sampling. Maud Watkinson and Sylvain Stephant, researchers at French Geological Survey (BRGM), recently visited the PUSH-IT pilot site in Delft to tackle this question.
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Happy 2024! What are the New Year’s resolutions of PUSH-IT?
This year we will see many new developments in the PUSH-IT project. We have asked the leads of the pilot sites to reflect on the first year of the project and to share their New Year’s resolutions.
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Why do we need underground heat storage?
There is a high heat demand in winter, while we produce heat that is not used in summer. We call this the seasonal mismatch in heat supply and demand.