International Panel Part 1

Global Impact and Innovation Session 1: Low-Temperature Geothermal Applications

Panel moderator: Patrick Dobson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

This panel is focused on sharing ideas, identifying technical, permitting, economic and logistical issues associated with deployment of lower temperature geothermal resources for district heating and cooling, thermal energy storage, and other non-electrical generating applications.

• Low Enthalpy systems
  • New floors temps (modular binary) 
  • Non-conventional low-enthalpy systems 
    • Old abandoned mines -- flooded -- extracting heat/water
• District Heating
  • Carbon reduction 
  • Infrastructure
  • Fossil fuel reduction
• Direct Use
  • Industrial
  • Residential
  • Commercial
• Policy and Regulatory
• Social Env. Wins and Vision

Panelists

• Diego Aravena                             CEGA - University of Chile              
• Michelle Ramirez Bueno              IRENA - Global Geothermal Alliance                                                    
• Niall McCormack                          CausewayGT
• Matthias Sulzer                              ETH Empa
• Arna Pálsdóttir                             Reykjavik Energy