Welcome to the ThermoMap Project
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Latest Updates08/03/2012ThermoMap Newsletter 3 is now online! 20/12/2011Next ThermoMap Meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland on 28th and 29th March 2012 22/09/2011ThermoMap Newsletter 2 is now online! 27/07/2011 Release of Draft-Version of D3.2, GtV Congress Bochum, 15th -17th November 30/06/2011 Next ThermoMap meeting in Orleans, France on 26th & 27th September 23/02/2011 Next ThermoMap meeting announced , on the 15th & 16th March in Bucharest, Romania 15/12/2010 ThermoMap website is now on-line! 29-30/09/2010 Kick-off meeting launched ThermoMap project
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The ThermoMap project (Area mapping of superficial geothermic resources by soil and groundwater data) is an EC co-funded project (FP7-ICT Policy Support Programme) and focuses on mapping the potential of superficial (very shallow) geothermal energy potentials in Europe.
Geothermal energy, including horizontal shallow geothermal systems as defined in the directive on renewable energy sources (2009), is the energy in form of heat beneath the surface of the Earth.
The ThermoMap project will harmonise and analyse already existing data collections (geological, hydrogeological, soil, climate and relief geodata) with standardised methods to calculate a value for the geothermal potential on three different low depth levels in order to help finding favorable areas for superficial geothermal exploitation in a very short time and without high costs.
The resulting geothermal potential values will be integrated in an Open Source WebGIS as well as all necessary geodata. The 12 participating project partners of 9 EU member states defined one or two test sites in each country. For these 14 Test Areas the geodata and calculated geothermal potential values will be shown on cadastral parcel level, while for the entire EU area there will be created a shallow geothermal potential Outline Map in scale 1 : 250,000.
Check out the Publications and Results section, to see how the ThermoMap team are working to spread news on this innovative project! |
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Geothermal Energy
From the earth, a renewable energy resource delivering heat and power 24 hours a day throughout the year, an energy resource nearly infinite and available all over the world. Superficial (very shallow) geothermal potential In the context of the ThermoMap project the superficial (very shallow) geothermal potential is defined as the natural thermal capacity of the unconsolidated underground up to a maximum depth of 10 meters. This almost ubiquitous renewable energy resource can be measured by parameters like the Heat Conductivity and the volumetric Heat Capacity. |