GEORG CEO Hjalti Páll Ingólfsson talking in the course of the GEORG Gleði occasion (supply: GEORG)
The GEORG – Geothermal Analysis Cluster celebrated 15 years of supporting geothermal analysis and fostering collaborations, each in Iceland and internationally.
The Iceland-based worldwide geothermal analysis group GEORG not too long ago celebrated its 15-year anniversary, highlighting the position it has performed in main geothermal analysis initiatives and supporting researchers, each in Iceland and internationally.
The GEORG Gleði occasion marked the celebration of the 15-year milestone, the place representatives of the corporate’s totally different companions and sponsors gathered in Gróska and reviewed the success of the partnership and appeared to the longer term.
GEORG is a non-profit group whose purpose is to advertise analysis and the sustainable use of geothermal power each in Iceland and elsewhere on the planet. A complete of 23 events comprise the membership of GEORG, together with college and analysis establishments, power corporations, engineering and consulting corporations and revolutionary corporations in Iceland and overseas.
Bridging the hole between geothermal analysis and trade
The group was funded on a grant from the Science and Expertise Council’s Goal Program. in 2009, amounting to 70 million ISK for seven years or 490 million ISK in whole. On the time, it was the biggest grant each given to an Icelandic mission by this system. Since then, the workplace GEORG has facilitated greater than 1.3 billion ISK in funding for the initiatives that it has hosted, with a complete mission value of over 65 billion.
“The largest initiatives amongst them are GEOTHERMICA , DeepEGS , GECO and now KMT,” mentioned Hjalti Páll Ingólfsson, CEO of GEORG.
GEORG has additionally supported college students in analysis in any respect ranges of upper schooling, up to now awarding grants to 4 post-doctoral fellows, 35 PhD college students, 38 MS college students, and two BS college students. The platform has created quite a few alternatives for each college students and workers of the College of Iceland, which has led the platform since its inception.
“Many researchers from the College have been concerned in GEORG’s initiatives, lots of them in a really interdisciplinary manner, the place they’ve tried to attach scientific data and the technical exploitation of geothermal power in probably the most environment friendly manner,” mentioned Sigurðar Magnúsar Garðarsson, professor and president of the School of Engineering and Pure Sciences.
“This has been helpful to the scholars as they’ve gained expertise in a variety of the sector, which has since been helpful to them for future jobs within the power corporations and/or in analysis.”
Drilling into magma
Sine 2017, GEORG has managed and supported the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) mission. Because the identify implies, the mission goals to faucet into the shallow magma within the the Krafla space in Þingeyjarsveit to additional develop how it may be harnessed for geothermal utilization.
On the finish of final yr, KMT was formally established as a non-profit group to create a strong and impartial framework for long-term financing and operation.
“KMT goals to construct a global analysis middle within the area of volcanic and power analysis within the Krafla space within the coming years,” says Björn Þór Guðmundsson, managing director of the KMT non-profit group.
“Two of KMT’s foremost objectives are to dramatically enhance volcanic eruption forecasts on a world scale and to design new, cheaper strategies for geothermal power manufacturing. These strategies would give wider alternatives for geothermal manufacturing, not least entry to a really highly effective a part of geothermal areas that has not been accessible till now,” added Björn.
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