Concentrate on Geothermal webinar – Texas Warmth, International Influence: HotRock Geothermal Analysis Consortium
Be a part of us on the eighth of March for a webinar on the geothermal analysis work being finished by the HotRock Geothermal Analysis Consortium from UT Austin, Texas.
As a part of the common Concentrate on Geothermal Webinar collection – a partnership of Enerchange and ThinkGeoEnergy – we’re proud to host Ken Wisian and Malcolm Ross from the College of Texas at Austin for a webinar on “Texas Warmth, International Influence: HotRock Geothermal Analysis Consortium.”
On this webinar, Ken and Malcolm will talk about the work being finished by the HotRock workforce with present cutting-edge analysis, in addition to a not too long ago accomplished geothermal feasibility examine for Presidio County, in southwest Texas.
Date: 8 March 2024
Time: 16:00 CET / 9:00 CST
Registration: Register by way of this hyperlink
Speaker: Ken Wisian and Malcolm Ross, HotRock Geothermal Analysis Consortium, College of Texas at Austin
The HotRock Geothermal Analysis Consortium at The Bureau of Financial Geology (BEG) at College of Texas, Austin, was fashioned in 2023. HotRock integrates new state-of-the-art science and engineering with over 100 years of oil and gasoline expertise to speed up the deployment of geothermal era at scale to help web zero power emissions. Along with deep expertise in standard hydrothermal techniques, HotRock is within the forefront of the dry rock geothermal wherever revolution.
Ken Wisian, Ph.D., Main Basic USAF (retired), is liable for coordinating environmental associated analysis on the BEG. He got here to the BEG from the Middle for House Analysis. Beforehand, Dr. Wisian was a senior state govt liable for catastrophe restoration, oil spill prevention and response, and coastal infrastructure and environmental safety for Texas. Dr. Wisian is a geophysicist whose primary analysis is in geothermal techniques, modeling, and instrumentation & information evaluation . Different present analysis contains; autonomy/drones, utilized gravity, planetary geology/area exploration, infrastructure resiliency and worldwide relations.
Malcolm Ross, Ph.D., is an innovation-focused geoscientist. As a advisor, he not too long ago labored for the New Energies Analysis & Expertise Crew at Shell, specializing in pre-strategic alternatives within the New Energies area, particularly geothermal power. He continues to show a GIS class at Rice College in addition to a category on geothermal on the College of Texas, Austin. He’s presently centered on constructing networks of individuals and firms centered on accelerating industrial geothermal alternatives and R&D to satisfy the rising tide of expectation for a sustainable low-carbon world.
