Objective
"The IMAGE project will develop a reliable science based exploration and assessment method to ""IMAGE"" geothermal reservoirs using an interdisciplinary approach based on three general pillars:
1 Understanding the processes and properties that control the spatial distribution of critical exploration parameters at European to local scales. The focus will be on prediction of temperatures, in-situ stresses, fracture permeability and hazards which can be deduced from field analogues, public datasets, predictive models and remote constraints. It provides rock property catalogues for 2 and 3.
2 Improving well-established exploration techniques for imaging and detection beyond the current state of the art and testing of novel geological, geophysical and geochemical methods to provide reliable information on critical subsurface exploration parameters. Methods include a) geophysical techniques such as ambient seismic noise correlation and magnetotellurics with improved noise filtering, b) fibre-optic down-hole logging tools to assess subsurface structure, temperature and physical rock properties, and c) the development of new tracers and geothermometers.
3 Demonstration of the added value of an integrated and multidisciplinary approach for site characterization and well-siting, based on conceptual advances, improved models/parameters and exploration techniques developed in 1 and 2. Further, it provides recommendations for a standardized European protocol for resource assessment and supporting models.
The IMAGE consortium comprises the leading European geothermal research institutes and industry partners who will perform testing and validation of the new methods at existing geothermal sites owned by the industry partners, both in high temperature magmatic, including supercritical, and in basement/deep sedimentary systems. Application of the methods as part of exploration in newly developed fields will provide direct transfer from the research to the demonstration stage."
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- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energygeothermal energy
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Call for proposal
FP7-ENERGY-2013-1
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Funding Scheme
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2595 DA Den Haag
Netherlands
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Participants (20)
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34095 MONTPELLIER
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5400 Baden
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45060 Orleans
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00185 Roma
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8092 Zuerich
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47310 Roquefort
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140 00 PRAHA
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14473 POTSDAM
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240 Grindavik
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2007 Lillestrm
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108 Reykjavik
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103 Reykjavik
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37006 SALAMANCA
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3013 Bern
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64289 Darmstadt
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70121 Bari
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34090 MONTPELLIER
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3584 CS Utrecht
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0349 Oslo
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9600 - 499 Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande, ilha de São Miguel
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