Project description
Facilitating the extraction of heat from deep or shallow formation rocks
Below the Earth’s surface, there’s a powerful and reliable source of renewable energy that can significantly contribute to solving our energy problems. Just 0.1 % of Earth’s total heat content could meet our energy needs for over 1 million years. While geothermal energy is not new, it remains limited to particular regions, representing less than 1 % of the global energy production. The conventional technology relies primarily on scarce hot permeable aquifers to extract heat. To address this challenge, the EU-funded HOCLOOP project will use a horizontal closed-loop solution combined with innovative CO2-based heat carrier fluids to extract geothermal energy from deep or shallow formation rocks. HOCLOOP’s solution will facilitate the sustainable exploitation of geothermal sources in new regions.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
2007 Kjeller
Norway
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Participants (8)
4050 Sola
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
50121 Florence
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2400 Mol
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92500 Rueil Malmaison
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64289 Darmstadt
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65101 Vaasa
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70121 Bari
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4056 Stavanger
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