Implementation period: 2020-10-01 - 2023-09-30
Type: International
Division: Division of Renewable Energy Sources
Start of the User4GeoEnergy project funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation
Project: Improving the energy efficiency of geothermal energy utilisation by adjusting the user characteristics, acronym User4GeoEnergy, registration number 2018-1-0502
The project will be implemented in 2020-2023 by a consortium:
Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute PAS, Poland – Project Leader
Slovgeoterm a.s., Slovakia – Project Partner
InnoGeo Research and Service Nonprofit Ltd, Hungary – Project Partner
National Energy Authority, Iceland – Project Partner
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Norway – Project Partner
The project User4GeoEnergy is focused on the role of heat consumers in systems for the direct utilisation of geothermal energy. The project is aimed at increasing energy efficiency, reducing air pollution caused by emissions from the use of fossil fuels in peaking units and the consortium of geothermal resources.
Total budget: 1 319 681 euro
Grant funding: 1 215 217 euro
Project Manager: D.Sc., Eng. Leszek Pająk, contact: pajak@meeri.pl
Project website: http://user4geoenergy.net/
