The ICAEN and ICGC can be working collectively to create GEOENERGIA-CAT Plan 2030, a technique for geothermal exploitation and power storage in Catalonia, Spain.
The Catalan Institute of Vitality (ICAEN) and the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC) have signed settlement to work collectively to create the “Strategic Plan to advertise Geoenergy in Catalonia within the 2030 Horizon” (GEOENERGIA-CAT Plan 2030).
The Plan goals to discover the potential for the several types of geothermal power utilization within the area of Catalonia in Spain, and the consider and forecast the technological developments important to its exploitation. It would additionally determine the measures and actions essential to benefit from this renewable power useful resource, in the end contributing to efforts to decarbonize the completely different sectors of the financial system of Catalonia.
Geoenergy, on this context, refers back to the integration of geological and technological data of power sources from the subsurface. This consists of each the extraction of geothermal power, in addition to the geological storage of power vectors.
The settlement between the ICAEN and the ICGC goals to put the foundations to advertise using geoenergy in Catalonia. The Plan can even current an analysis of each and shallow and deep geothermal assets, for which Catalonia has a really favorable geologic setting. It would additionally consider the capacities for geological storage, whether or not chilly and warmth or power vectors akin to hydrogen.
The ICGC had beforehand revealed an interactive map that highlights the placement, origin, and traits of the geothermal assets within the area of Catalonia.
Based mostly on this prognosis, a set of strategic traces and concrete actions and measures can be proposed to benefit from this potential and overcome these boundaries which may be limiting its use. A calendar can even be drawn up for the execution of those measures within the 2030 horizon.
In direction of the power transition
The GEONERGIA-CAT 2030 Plan should align with the Vitality Potential of Catalonia 2050 (PROENCAT 2050). That is the doc that guides the area’s power transition and acts as a reference when designing and making use of power insurance policies.
PROENCAT 2050 foresees that geothermal warmth pumps can be extensively carried out, in order that in 2050 this know-how will already be accountable for 100% of the cooling in buildings, and that it’ll have a presence of 82% in heating and 62% within the manufacturing of home scorching water within the housing advanced in Catalonia.
Supply: Catalan Institute of Vitality
