On September 26, 2024, the first Geo4all working meeting took place. After the kick-off celebration in June, the project participants and project leaders from all work packages gathered at KAS in Woerden for this working meeting.
Radboud Vorage, a board member of Geothermie Nederland for many years, is the chairman of Geo4all and opened the meeting. The introduction and background of the Geo4all program were highlighted.
Darren Jones is the project leader of Geo4all and provided more information about the timeline of all activities. Additionally, Hannes Groot, a policy advisor at Geothermie Nederland, spoke about the role of the industry organization in communicating about the Geo4all innovation program.
Radboud interviewed the project leaders of the work packages. Then, the working sessions began. All project participants attended the working session to which they are related.
The reports of the working sessions can be found on the pages of the respective work packages:
- Work Package 1: Accessing shallow geothermal systems
- Work Package 2: Accessing suboptimal reservoirs
- Work Package 3: Improving the performance of closed geothermal systems
- Work Package 4: 3M Coldfront & induced seismicity
- Work Package 5: Value of geothermal data
The afternoon was concluded with a social gathering.
Radboud Vorage: “Within the Geo4all network, important relationships are being built. Together, we can develop knowledge and insights that are valuable to the geothermal sector.”
