Survey – Laboratory capabilities for geothermal research
Survey of laboratory capabilities for geothermal research by the Clean Air Task Force (CATF)
Carlo Cariaga
5 Jan 2024
The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is requesting input for a survey on capabilities of laboratories worldwide working on geothermal research.
Do you work for or at a laboratory with capabilities or technologies for geothermal research?
The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is collecting information for a first-of-its-kind public database of laboratories working on next-generation geothermal and superhot rock (SHR) research. From modeling to tool development and beyond, there’s much work to be done to advance superhot rock, and this database aims to help in that work.
To respond to the survey, please click this link.
The database aims to list relevant labs around the world with details on what resources, services, and tools they offer (including both bench equipment as well as software and other tools). This database will be searchable so companies can easily find a lab they might want to partner with. Additionally, the CATF will use this data to map trends among labs working on SHR. For this project, the CATF defines a lab to include nonprofit labs (e.g. universities), government, and commercial labs – not private industry R&D.
Responses to the survey will be directly fed into the database. Once the database is published, labs will be able to update their entry if circumstances change.
This database is a project of the Superhot Rock Energy team at CATF, a global nonprofit organization working on low-carbon energy technologies. The CATF is one of the organizations at the forefront of superhot rock geothermal research with a recent publication on the superhot rock geothermal potential of the Middle East region.
The CATF had previously published a detailed report on the potential, initiatives, challenges of extracting geothermal energy from superhot rock systems, as well as an interactive web-based map of superhot rock projects around the world.
Learn more about the work of the CATF at https://www.catf.us/work/superhot-rock.
If you have questions about this project, please contact Ann Garth, Senior Geothermal Associate at CATF (agarth@catf.us).
Source: Email correspondence
