Geo-Energy Test Beds for Low Carbon Energy (GETB) WP 17 Mike Stephenson (and other members of the WP17 team)

Geo-Energy Test Beds for Low Carbon Energy (GETB)WP 17

Mike Stephenson(and other members of the WP17 team)

Participants• BGS/NERC• GFZ• ETH

Policy background• For 2020, the EU committed to

cutting emissions to 20% below 1990 levels - further cuts decided for 2050 - Europe 2020 Growth Strategy

• Power generation needs big reductions (54 to 68% by 2030 and 93 to 99% by 2050), mainly by increasing surface renewables (wind, tidal and solar)

• but also on CCS on fossil fuel power plants, shale gas, nuclear and geothermal power.

Geological challenges in delivering low emissions

• Containment, • Environmental

sustainability• high levels of

subsurface management and environmental security assurance

Geo Energy Test Beds, GETB• GETB aim at understanding processes that make subsurface

environmental sustainability possible in densely populated countries

• GETB will design management systems for the subsurface; and underpin and develop regulation

• GETB will help to bring about a new energy system in Europe ensuring: – greater energy security and independence, access to low

carbon, and reduced vulnerability to external energy price fluctuations

– home- grown European energy solutions

Main activities of WP17• Build a consortium of 12- 15 existing and new GETB

infrastructures, with a common interest to develop a European geo- energy agenda and coordinate experiments.

• Formalized by MoU to:– develop a common European science and technology

roadmap for geo- energies‐– provide access to data collected in the experiments

defined in the roadmap– allow consortium members access to the different facilities

to perform specific experiments.

Types of GETB• Deep geothermal energy,• Conventional and non- conventional

gas and oil• Geological nuclear waste repository• Geological sequestration• Deep mining

Tasks

• 17.1 and 3 establish the governance and ensure the integration with the EPOS- IP ‐

• 17.2 develops the GETB science and technology roadmap,

• 17.4 develops specific GETB activities and services,

• 17.5 delivers the proof of concept and testing phase for GETB services.

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