El 3 de junio se hizo pública la convocatoria de proyectos transnacionales «Geothermica ERA-NET», cuya temática es la energía geotérmica y cuenta con la participación española , a través de la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)
La Agencia Estatal participa con un presupuesto de 300.000 € y financiará los proyectos concedidos a través convocatoria de Programación Conjunta Internacional 2020 o su equivalente.
Las líneas de investigación que serán tratadas en esta convocatoria de proyectos son las siguientes:
| Áreas temáticas | Objetivo |
| Identification and assessment of geothermal resources, reserves and reservoirs | Innovative and improved prospecting and exploration techniques and modelling methods to identify and assess geothermal resources. |
| Geothermal resource development | New drilling and well completion technologies, reservoir optimisation, stimulation and innovative systems to control induced seismicity. |
| Supply and smart integration into the energy system | Innovative concepts illustrating geothermal energy as part of the energy system; geothermal reservoirs for heating, cooling and storage; innovative power cycles; novel revenue streams from additional side benefit from geothermal utilization (such as mineral extraction) |
| Operations | Novel approaches to improve well injectivity, as well as reliability and availability of injection operations; novel equipment, materials and methods for lowering and optimizing operating expenses; disruptive smart reservoir management technologies as well as innovative approaches to managing induced seismicity during production. |
El plazo para presentar las solicitudes permanecerá abierto hasta el 13 de Septiembre de 2019.
Enlace al anexo del Ministerio aquí.
Enlace a la convocatoria: http://www.geothermica.eu/call-to-action/