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GEOTERMAC: Strengthening R&D+i capacities for the development of geothermal energy in Macaronesia and São Tomé e Príncipe

Pedro A. Hernández1 ,2, Luca D'Auria1,2, João C. Carreiro Nunes3, Alexis J. Lozano Medina4, Lionel T. Rodríguez5, Gustavo P. Pérez6, Agostinho Figueira7, Ana S. Tenjua de Castro8, António F. Lobo de Pina9, Pietro Tizzani10, Eleazar Padrón1,2, Gladys V. Melián1,2, Nemesio M. Pérez1,2, Germán Padilla1,2

  • Affiliations: 1Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands; 2Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; 3Instituto de Inovação Tecnológica dos Açores (INOVA), Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal; 4Consejo Insular de la Energía de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain; 5Sociedad de Promoción y Desarrollo Económico de la Isla de La Palma, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain; 6Consejería de Transición Ecológica y Energía, Viceconsejeria de Transición Ecológica, Lucha contra el Cambio climático y Energía, Gobierno de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain; 7EEM-Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, S.A., Funchal, Madeira, Portugal; 8Direcção Geral dos Recursos Naturais e Energias Direcção Geral dos Recursos Naturais e Energias, São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe; 9Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde; 10Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell\'Ambiente, Naples, Italy. 

  • Presentation type: Poster

  • Presentation time: Tuesday 16:30 - 18:30, Room Poster Hall

  • Poster Board Number: 12

  • Programme No: 5.1.18

  • Theme 5 > Session 1

Abstract

One of the challenges of the European Union is to contribute to promoting the transition towards a safe, sustainable and competitive energy system that will allow reducing dependence on fossil fuels through a significant advance in knowledge about renewable resources. Geothermal energy is one of the least known but most efficient renewable energy sources. The project "Strengthening R&D+i capacities for the development of geothermal energy in Macaronesia and São Tomé e Príncipe -- GEOTERMAC; Ref: 1/MAC/2/2.2/0078" has as its main objective to develop methodologies and cooperation tools to strengthen R&D capacities in order to contribute to the energy transition in Macaronesia and São Tomé e Príncipe through the development of geothermal energy. Territorial cooperation becomes a key factor to achieve the project objectives given that these are territories with common characteristics and problems and where geothermal energy is an existing energy resource that needs to be investigated more deeply to evaluate its use as renewable energy. This project is expected to mark a turning point in the progress and efficiency of the current energy system in these regions, thanks to the development of various actions and the application of new and innovative geochemical and geophysical methodologies to significantly deepen knowledge about the potential geothermal resources existing in the subsoil. The final beneficiaries of this project will be the society of Macaronesia and São Tomé and Príncipe territories.