The FIND HEAT project - expertise and innovation connecting the industrial and academic spheres

Project title	FindHeat
Project description	The FindHeat project develops a novel, conceptual model-based geothermal exploration workflow. A modular toolkit, the FindHeat platform, will provide innovative software tools and geophysical exploration techniques at significantly lower costs than the state-of-the-art.
Project partners	TU Delft ETH Zurich Imperial College London Charles University Prague University of Cologne the Czech Geological Survey Reykjavik Energy (Orkuveitan) Electricite de Strasbourg Repsol Delft Inversion TRACS International Ltd.
Registration number	101147171
Funding source	Horizon Europe
Budget	2 955 616,25 €
Timeline	60 months
Start	1. 10. 2024
Research activities
Main project goals	Advance the open-source Rapid Reservoir Modelling (RRM) software Analyse the effectiveness of drone imaging, infrared spectroscopy, electromagnetic tomography and imaging Quantify the economic benefits of the new, conceptual model-based geothermal exploration strategy Demonstrate that basing geothermal exploration workflows on different conceptual models leads to higher success rates when developing a resource Develop new communication strategies that are based on a social science analysis of the factors that shape public perceptions to earn trust with the broader public Develop tailored training materials for the different experts (geoscientists, engineers, economists, lawyers) working in geothermal project development
Main outputs and results