Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Geothermal Energy Resources

地热资源I/UCRC规划资助1238285加州大学戴维斯分校；彼得·希夫曼1238347内华达大学里诺；地热能源研究中心的目标是将研究重点放在具有高潜力的主题上，以成功解决行业确定的主要挑战，并为学生提供发展地热研究兴趣和专业知识的教育机会。研究工作将由加州大学戴维斯分校（UCD）作为牵头机构，与内华达大学里诺分校（UNR）合作。尽管地热能潜力巨大，但相对于其他可再生能源技术，地热能的发展一直比较缓慢。扩大地热能应用的关键挑战已被确定为无法针对地下资源。然而，在过去的十年中，高性能计算、三维可视化以及地球物理和地球化学分析已经被确定为解决这一挑战的可能解决方案。这些技术和其他技术正在迅速成熟，可以为推进以下广泛主题的研究提供强有力的工具：(1)地热资源勘探，(2)已知地热储层的生产和管理，以及(3)地热能研究的前沿。UCD和UNR的教师和学生研究人员与工业界合作，有能力通过提议的I/UCRC在地热能资源方面推进地热资源的利用。地热能资源方面的I/UCRC将促进新的勘探和储层管理技术的发展，以增加钻探生产井眼的确定性，从而减少勘探的财政风险。地热能源领域的I/UCRC将提供一个充满活力的场所，可以促进产业界、学术研究人员、研究生和本科生之间的互动。该中心的目标是将研究工作集中在具有高潜力的主题上，以成功解决行业确定的主要挑战，并为学生提供发展地热研究兴趣和专业知识的教育机会。拟议中的中心还希望通过在冰岛和其他地方的现有研究合作，使国际地热界参与进来。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Geothermal Energy Resources 1238285 University of California-Davis; Peter Schiffman 1238347 University of Nevada Reno; Wendy Calvin The proposed Center for Geothermal Energy Resources aims to focus research efforts on topics with a high potential for successfully addressing industry-identified major challenges, as well as to provide educational opportunities for students to develop interest and expertise in geothermal studies. The research efforts will be anchored by the University of California-Davis (UCD) as the lead institution, partnered with the University of Nevada Reno (UNR). Despite its potential, the development of geothermal energy has been slow relative to other renewable energy technologies. The critical challenge in expanding geothermal energy applications has been identified as the inability to target the sub-surface resource(s). Over the past decade, however, high performance computing, three-dimensional visualization, and geo-physical and geo-chemical analyses have been identified as possible solutions to address this challenge. These and other techniques are rapidly maturing and could provide powerful tools in advancing research in the broad topics of (1) geothermal resource exploration, (2) the production and management of known geothermal reservoirs, and (3) the frontiers of geothermal energy research. Faculty and student researchers at UCD and UNR, in partnership with industry, have the ability to advance the utilization of geothermal resources through this proposed I/UCRC in geothermal energy resources. An I/UCRC in geothermal energy resources would promote development of new exploration and reservoir management techniques to increase the certainty in drilling productive boreholes, thus reducing the financial risk of exploration. An I/UCRC in geothermal energy resources would provide an energetic venue within which interaction could be fostered amongst industry, academic researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students. The goal of the proposed Center would be to focus research efforts on topics with a high potential for successfully addressing industry-identified major challenges, as well as to provide educational opportunities for students to develop interest and expertise in geothermal studies. The proposed Center would also hope to engage the international geothermal community, e.g., through existing research collaborations in Iceland and elsewhere.