EGEC broadcasts the 5 distinctive nominees for the 2025 Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award (supply: EGEC)
The European Geothermal Power Council has introduced the 5 distinctive tasks nominated for the 2025 Ruggero Bertani Geothermal Innovation Award.
The European Geothermal Power Council (EGEC) has introduced the 5 distinctive nominees for the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2025. The winner will likely be introduced at the GeoTHERM expo & congress, happening between 20 and 21 February in Offenburg, Germany.
Given yearly, the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award (EGIA) is bestowed upon firms which have made an excellent contribution in the direction of the sector of geothermal vitality within the type of progressive merchandise, scientific analysis or mission initiatives. Final yr’s EGIA was awarded to Vulcan Power for his or her Lithium Extraction Optimization Plant (LEOP), which extracts lithium chloride from geothermal brine which is ultimately transformed to battery-grade lithium hydroxide.
“We lengthen our heartfelt congratulations to the 5 distinctive nominees for the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2025. These pioneering tasks exemplify the innovation, ingenuity, and dedication wanted to drive geothermal vitality ahead as a cornerstone of sustainable vitality techniques in Europe and past. Every finalist has contributed groundbreaking options that spotlight the potential of geothermal expertise to handle urgent world vitality challenges,” mentioned Philippe Dumas, EGEC Secretary-Normal.
The finalists and their entries are the next:
Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) – CASCADE
CASCADE is a brand new course of scheme that addresses the excessive quantity of vitality and water wanted by present Al-based processes for lithium extraction from geothermal brine. Through the use of a second reactor with a Ti-/Mn-based adsorbents, the method of water might be recycled, and the vitality and transportation effort is considerably decreased. In the meantime, the purity of the second pre-product is sufficiently excessive to provide strong lithium salt on-site utilizing established processes. CASCADE is a patented expertise (patent quantity 102023118 084.3).
Halliburton – Truesync PMM: Geothermal Electrical Submersible Pump (GeoESP) Motor
The TrueSync 738 sequence hybrid PMM revolutionises electrical submersible pump (ESP) expertise for geothermal functions, providing a mix of excessive efficiency and sturdy sturdiness. TrueSync’s originality lies in its hybrid design, which ingeniously combines parts from conventional induction motor expertise to beat the restrictions confronted by customary everlasting magnet motors. This innovation extends the operational lifetime of ESP techniques and stabilizes their efficiency in excessive situations.
Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR) – Versatile Coupling
The novel patented expertise of Versatile Couplings has been in improvement inside ÍSOR – Iceland GeoSurvey. Versatile Couplings are designed to mitigate casing failures in manufacturing casings of high-temperature geothermal wells, which can be brought on by constrained thermal growth. By implementing Versatile Couplings within the manufacturing casing, every casing joint (round 12 m) is allowed to increase. Thermal straining of the casing is prevented, and the chance of casing failures is minimized, thereby rising the reliability of wells. A batch of Versatile Couplings was delivered to ON Energy, a subsidiary of Reykjavik Power, within the fall of 2024 for use of their subsequent nicely drilled in Nesjavellir, Iceland, in January-March 2025.
Mines Paris (PSL Univeristy) – ORCHYD
ORCHYD was an H2020 mission funded by the European Fee with the purpose of constructing a prototype drilling software that showcases an enchancment of not less than 4X in penetration charge in comparison with standard rotary strategies whereas drilling deep geothermal wells. It was primarily geared toward drilling arduous crystalline rocks like granites, normally present in depths past 4km.
The originality of the mission comes from creating a totally fluid pushed down the outlet (DTH) system combining two mature rock breaking applied sciences – percussion drilling and high-pressure water jetting (HPWJ).
QHeat – Integration of Heating and Storage Wells to Waste Burning Facility
This mission focuses on the usage of Coaxial Reversible Medium-Deep Geothermal Warmth Wells (MDGHWs) for a waste-to-energy facility in Finland. This progressive geothermal resolution gives each heating and cooling for the ability whereas storing extra thermal vitality for later use. Whereas the first focus is on waste-to-energy, the expertise’s potential for cooling functions in information centres stays an idea for the long run.
This mission is authentic as a result of it combines two progressive approaches: the usage of Coaxial Reversible Medium-Deep Geothermal Warmth Wells (MDGHWs) for geothermal warmth extraction and storage, alongside the mixing of waste warmth from a biomass plant. The MDGHWs are designed to function at deeper geothermal depths (1,000-2,000 meters), enhancing thermal extraction effectivity in comparison with conventional geothermal techniques.
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