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A two-year nationwide geophysical survey by Surbana Jurong is about to start to additional consider the potential for geothermal improvement in Singapore.
The Power Market Authority (EMA) of Singapore has awarded the $16-million contract for a nationwide geophysical survey to guage the nation’s geothermal potential to city and infrastructural consultancy firm Surbana Jurong. The survey will final for about two years and is about to begin within the second half of 2024.
The contract was awarded following a young introduced again in September 2023. The geophysical survey shall be construct on the knowledge that had already been gathered by researchers from the Nanyang Technological College (NTU), the analysis centre Technical College of Munich on the Singapore Campus for Analysis Excellence and Technological Enterprise (TUMCREATE), and Surbana Jurong at a research website close to the Sembawang sizzling spring.
The analysis staff, led by NTU’s Affiliate Professor Alessandro Romagnoli, estimates the temperature to go as excessive as 200 °C at 4 to five kilometers. The geothermal gradient, granite warmth manufacturing, and the warmth circulate are measured to be greater than the worldwide common (for non-volcanic areas).
Newer updates point out that the staff had now drilled to a depth of 1700 meters whereas nonetheless recurrently gathering rock samples and taking temperature measurements at varied depths. The staff will proceed to drill deeper, hoping to gather information that can complement the knowledge that shall be collected from the geophysical survey.
Surbana Jurong was chosen from a complete of 9 firms that submitted bids for the tender. The EMA deemed the supply of Surbana Jurong as offering the perfect “worth for cash” regardless of different firms making cheaper bids.
Prof. Romagnoli remarked that the Singaporean authorities has been supportive of geothermal improvement, particularly within the granting of approvals to conduct the deep exploratory drillings and the extension on the utilization of land.
Supply: The Straits Occasions
