Unveiling Earth's Critical Resources For Clean Energy And A Sustainable Future

揭示地球清洁能源和可持续未来的关键资源

• 批准号: EP/Y030265/1
• 负责人: Jeroen Van Hunen
• 金额: $ 66.43万
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY030265%2F1
• 关键词: Unveiling; Earth; Critical; Resources; Clean

The coming decade will be a defining test for humanity and its capacity to respond to unprecedented global challenges. To meet the demands from the energy transition and related green technologies, the current global supply of critical minerals will have to quadruple by the end of 2040. Likewise, the EU2030 goal to create a more resilient energy plan with minimum dependency on fossil fuels, creates an enormous demand for alternative, greener and sustainable energy sources. Among these, deep geothermal energy has the highest potential for long-term, large-scale supply of energy for heating and generation of electrical power. In response to these pressing needs, the EarthSafe Doctoral Network will develop an innovative and efficient data-fusion paradigm to enhance the effectiveness of exploration efforts for deep geothermal resources and critical materials, robust to data missing limitations. EarthSafe will achieve this ambitious goal by harnessing i) the complementary strengths of multiple satellite and landacquired datasets and ii) a novel combination of artificial intelligence, probabilistic inverse theory, computer modelling and science communication. Holistic training of Early Stage Researchers in these powerful disciplines will prepare them to addressing the mostcritical challenges that our society will confront in the next decades, making them highly attractive to both the academic and nonacademic sectors. By formally embedding innovative science communication strategies, EarthSafe will create a new dimension of engagement with the general public and policy makers worldwide. Given its global scope, EarthSafe will support the creation of new energy and economic opportunities in vulnerable societies, helping them to tackle inequality and energy poverty while at the same time consolidating Europe's innovation and technological capacity. In doing so, EarthSafe will contribute to, and is perfectly aligned with, the main objectives of the European Green Deal.

未来十年将是对人类及其应对前所未有的全球挑战的能力的决定性考验。为了满足能源转型和相关绿色技术的需求，到2040年底，目前全球关键矿物的供应量必须翻两番。同样，欧盟2030年的目标是建立一个更有弹性的能源计划，最大限度地减少对化石燃料的依赖，这对替代、绿色和可持续能源产生了巨大的需求。在这些能源中，深层地热能在长期、大规模供应供暖和发电能源方面潜力最大。为了满足这些迫切需要，地球安全博士网络将开发一种创新和高效的数据融合模式，以提高深层地热资源和关键材料勘探工作的有效性，并克服数据缺失的局限性。EarthSafe将通过利用i）多个卫星和陆地获取的数据集的互补优势和ii）人工智能，概率逆理论，计算机建模和科学传播的新组合来实现这一雄心勃勃的目标。这些强大学科的早期研究人员的整体培训将使他们准备好应对我们社会在未来几十年将面临的最关键的挑战，使他们对学术和非学术部门都具有高度吸引力。通过正式纳入创新的科学传播战略，地球安全将创造一个与全世界公众和决策者接触的新层面。鉴于其全球范围，地球安全将支持在脆弱社会创造新的能源和经济机会，帮助他们解决不平等和能源贫困问题，同时巩固欧洲的创新和技术能力。在这样做的过程中，地球安全组织将为欧洲绿色协议的主要目标做出贡献，并与之完全一致。