Geothermica Cofund Call

Basic Information

As specified in the Initiative for Global Leadership in Deep Geothermal Energy within the framework of the SET Plan, an improved and increased technology performance as well as the reduction of the cost of technologies are strategic targets for Europe’s priority "number 1 in renewable energy". GEOTHERMICA’s ambition of accelerating the deployment of geothermal energy in Europe, that is to reduce the time to market for novel geothermal energy concepts, will require industrial involvement in research, innovation and demonstration activities. These involvements aim to reflect Europe’s ambition to become a world leader in the deployment of novel geothermal energy concepts.

Network

GEOTHERMICA

Website

https://www.geothermica.eu/

Aim of the joint call

The objective of GEOTHERMICA’s first call is to launch projects that accelerate the demonstration and validation of novel concepts of geothermal energy supply within the energy system, and to identify paths to commercially viable deployment. The objective is set against the backdrop of demonstrating geothermal energy as a secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy source for Europe, and of demonstrating geothermal energy to have a significant role within the energy system through a wide range of novel concepts. Also, a successful deployment of geothermal energy in a country or region’s energy mix should demonstrate the substantial, but largely untapped potential in Member States and Regions and Associated Countries. Often the untapped potential stems from a lack of awareness of the versatility and benefits of geothermal energy supply.

Type of joint call

Two Stages - Call with pre-proposals and full proposals submissions

Events

-                                                Launch date
+/04/2017
-                                                Deadline Pre-Proposal
+/07/2017 Submitted proposal: 35
-                                                Deadline Full-Proposal
+/11/2017 Submitted proposal: 15
-                                                Evaluation End Date
+/03/2018
                                                Successful proposal: 0
                                                Proposals funded: 8

Is call co-funded?

Yes

Call follow up funding

n/a

Call reasons

n/a

Research fields

Biotechnology
Energy
Environment
Food, agriculture and fisheries
Government and social relations
Materials
Socio-economics sciences and humanities

Type of research

n/a

Target groups

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Public Research Organisations (PROs)
Private and Semi-private Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)
SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)
Large Corporations

Participating networks

n/a

Organisations Participating

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Country	Organisation
Belgium	Flemish Energy Agency (VEA)
Denmark	Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP)
France	Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME)
Germany	Project Management Juelich / Research Centre Juelich (PTJ/FZJ)
Iceland	Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS)
Ireland	Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI)
Italy	Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
Netherlands	Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Portugal	Directorate General for Energy and Geology (DGEG)
Portugal	Regional Fund for Science and Technology (FRCT)
Romania	Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Slovenia	Ministry of Infrastructure (MZI)
Spain	Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
Spain	Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
Switzerland	Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC)
Türkiye	The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

Funded Projects

Acronym	Title	Start	End	No. partners
CAGE	Composites & the Acceleration of Geothermal Energy	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	9
COSEISMIQ	COntrol SEISmicity and Manage Induced earthQuakes	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	6
GEO-URBAN	Identification and Assessment of Deep Geothermal Heat Resour...	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	10
GEOFOOD	GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FOR CIRCULAR FOOD PRODUCTION	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	7
GeConnect	Tight Geothermal Casing Connections for Axial Stress Mitigat...	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	5
HEATSTORE	High Temperature Underground Thermal Energy Storage	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	24
PERFORM	Improving Geothermal System Performance through Collective K...	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	7
ZoDrEx	A European endeavour for optimising Zonal Isolation, Drillin...	01/05/2018	01/05/2021	10