Project description
Geothermal energy made flexible and cost-effective
Renewables like the Sun and wind increase the uncertainty and variability in energy generation and delivery to consumers. Geothermal plants can help balance fluctuations by operating in a more flexible mode to respond to sudden changes in energy use. The EU-funded GeoSmart project is working on methods to store heat energy when demand is low so that it can be released when demand is high. The project also plans to create a hybrid cooling system for the organic Rankine cycle plant that will prevent efficiency degradation due to seasonal changes. Overall, GeoSmart technologies will allow geothermal plants to cost-effectively respond to different heat and power demands.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energygeothermal energy
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
CB21 6AL Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Participants (21)
2400 Mol
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34394 Istanbul
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75015 Paris 15
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2610 Wilrijk
1050 Bruxelles
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80686 Munchen
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50137 Firenze
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110 Reykjavik
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101 Reykjavik
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06800 Ankara
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78180 Montigny Le Bretonneux
112 Reykjavik
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34230 Istanbul
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M15 6JJ Manchester
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
3030 Drammen
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
112 Reykjavik
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53030 Radicondoli
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112 Reykjavik
76133 Karlsruhe
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
69003 Lyon
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112 Reykjavik
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