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The GECO Project was launched in October 2018. It is a largely funded geothermal EU innovation action in which GEORG is partner.
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GEOTHERMICA’s objective is to combine the financial resources of 18 geothermal energy research and innovation programme owners and managers .
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CROWDTHERMAL aims to empower the European public to directly participate in the development of geothermal projects.
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The Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) is one of the most ambitious projects that GEORG is coordinating.
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GEORG is participating in the GEOENVI project that was launched in November 2018.
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SU-DG-IGW, is an ambitious new project being launch that will join GEORGs Project Office Portfolio.
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The goal of the DEEPEGS project is to demonstrate the feasibility of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) for delivering energy from renewable resources in Europe.
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The Geothermal ERA-NET was a European cooperation started on 1st of May 2012 for duration of four years.
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The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) is a multilateral and strategic partnership of national and regional research, development and innovation (RDI) programmes in European Member States and Associated Countries.
Co-funded projects by RANNÍS Excellence fund
GEORG was founded in 2009 with a grant from the Science and Technology Policy Council of Iceland (Rannis), “Clusters and Centers of Excellence”. Since 2016, GEORG has operated as an independent non-profit association. From the very beginning, there was a strong emphasis to serve GEORG partners well and to create a sustainable cooperation platform, beyond the project duration.
In years 2009 to 2016 as a result of the grant, GEORG aimed to run three initiatives; Co-funded research projects through open calls, creating collaborative workshops on Deep Roots of Geothermal (DRG) and Waste 2 Value (W2V) to bridge a critical gap between different geothermal communities and has evolved to become a strong research-driven international geothermal non-profit organization. All three projects presented below:
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GEORG has supported 22 individual research projects through open calls among three initiatives that were coordinated by the cluster members.
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DRG project initiative aims to understand the relationship between water and magma in the roots of volcanoes and how heat is transferred into geothermal systems.
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Waste 2 Value is a joint effort towards added value, economical solutions and based on the research projects that focused on downstream waste streams.