TOPICS
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- The uses of the subsurface for the energy transition: Offshore Wind Energy, CCUS, Energy Storage and Geothermal Energy;
- The synergies between different uses of the subsurface: Integration and Cross-Uses;
- The interactions between energy transition uses and the society and the environment: Environment & Sustainability and Solutions & Society.
Good to keep in mind for future editions, if you wish to submit a paper that you feel is relevant to this Energy Transition Conference but the related topic is not shown in this list, we still encourage you to submit your paper (using the closest suggested topic) which will be reviewed by our review committee.
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
The discussion on the role of geoscientists and engineers in the energy transition is expanded at GET2021 by considering other energy sources. In particular, the contribution of the subsurface disciplines to the development and deployment of the offshore wind industry is introduced as a topic, with the aim to foster the debate on the technologies and the skills that can be applied to support it.The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- Novel data acquisition strategies and technologies for wind farm sites to plan and execute surveys, combine available survey data with new acquisitions in order to optimize time and resources
- Techniques for geohazard mapping in offshore wind energy: boulder and UXO detection, automated cable routing, etc.
- How can geophysics support geotechnics? High-resolution seismic acquisition and inversion, data extrapolation, synthetic CPT data
- Applications of AI and Machine Learning to the offshore wind: Metocean data processing, “big data” multi-sensor acquisition, hosting, and analyses for performance and yield optimization of turbine arrays
- Offshore wind farm monitoring and maintenance: predictive maintenance based on existing technology to perform structural health monitoring and lifecycle management
- The implementation of parc pilot and control system design capable of performing the Asset Management of multi-site portfolios with a mix of solar- and wind assets.
CCUS
Geological storage of CO2 will be an essential component to reach the Paris climate goals. This strategy has been demonstrated in many projects. but challenges remain, not least in relation to how to upscale capacities from currently Megatons to Gigatons as required according to world energy and emission outlooks.
At GET2021, we welcome presentations about recent advances related to the exploration of the storage resource, its definition and characterization, the reservoir and pressure management, risk assessment and monitoring technologies. We particularly invite presentations about ongoing projects, from trials to commercial projects, to stimulate knowledge sharing and to establish and foster the connection between researchers and CO2 practitioners.
The theme also includes ‘utilization’ of CO2 in a subsurface context, including, but not limited to CO2 EOR. Non-technical risks as well as commercial and societal aspects will be discussed in the theme “Society and solutions”.
The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- Exploration and geographical mapping of CO2 storage resources
- Geological storage characterization and CO2 storage resource estimation
- Reservoir and pressure management
- Assessment, mitigation and remidiation of subsurface risksMonitoring technologies for CCS
- Lessons learned from active CO2 injection sites (large-scale, pilots, test-beds)
- Carbon Utilization (e.g. CO2 EOR)
ENERGY STORAGE
To integrate renewable energy into the energy structure, energy storage plays an important role. Energy storage allows to maintain grid security by compensating the enormous increase of fluctuating renewable energies. Most of the renewable energy sources, notably solar and wind produce variable power. Electrical energy has to be stored during times when electricity is plentiful and later returned to the grid when the demand is high.
The conversion of energy systems is an indispensable prerequisite for this, and the massively increasing technological supply of distributed renewable resources, efficiency systems and energy storage systems ideally position us for this. The development and systemic integration of storage systems will lead to an increased usage of the earth’s subsurface, which has to be handled safely and environmentally friendly.
The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- Mineralogical, geochemical and diagenetic considerations for storage
- Seal characterization and containment risk assesment (cyclic injection-depletion, caprock/salt geomechanics)
- Storage site performace (e.g. fluid transport, mixing)
- Hydrogen storage (salt caverns, pore storage in depleted reservoirs)
- Compressed air storage
- Underground thermal energy storage (including aquifer/borehole/cavern thermal energy storage)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Geothermal energy could play a key role in the energy transition as a widely available source of baseload power, and its versatility needs no demonstration, from power generation from high-enthalpy resources to shallow developments for heating and cooling. GET2021 aims at addressing the technical issues and the risks that impact the exploration success and the exploitation performance, proposing solutions and skills that can unlock the geothermal potential and support its growth.
The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- Geothermal resource mapping and assessment: approaches and criteria for Europe and beyond
- High-resolution geothermal exploration and characterization: predicting reservoir performance and quality
- Seismic risk assessment and mitigation: tools and solutions for enhanced geothermal systems
- Processes, materials and equipment to mitigate the scaling and corrosion in the geothermal wells
- Closed-loop technologies: more cost-efficient, more sustainable?
- Green technologies for drilling and completion of geothermal wells
INTEGRATION
An integral perspective on energy generation, use and infrastructure will be crucial for designing a net-zero emissions system. Exploiting synergies from smartly combining uses and technologies across classical and new energy sectors, as well as within these sectors, can boost efficiency and economic viability. For the subsurface, combining multiple uses may even turn out mandatory in view of the increasing demands on a limited resource.
In this conference, we aim at highlighting geoscience and engineering contributions to unlock the integration opportunities. We invite presentations across the full range of possible combinations. This includes the combination of different technologies in the energy transition space for energy generation, storage, or raw material supply. Examples are CO2 plume geothermal, lithium brine mining, or blue hydrogen. But is also covers “dual play” opportunities arising from the integration of elements of novel energy elements into existing oil and gas infrastructure. We explicitly encourage presentations about technical and business examples.
Together with the “cross-use theme”, this theme is an invitation for a cross-over between the classical subsurface uses, which lies at the heart of the GET conferences.
The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- Mineral exploitation from geothermal resources: combined heat, power and metals
- Dual play: hybrid oil and gas and geothermal energy solutions Re-use of oil and gas platforms and equipments
- Integration of traditional and novel energy systems: technical and business examples
- Geothermal with CCS and energy storage: the path to net-zero energy projects?
- CCS and hydrogen (blue hydrogen)
CROSS-USES
While the theme “Integration” focuses on facilities and infrastructure, the theme “Cross-use” addresses synergies from transferring technologies, workflows, and knowledge across businesses and disciplines. Building on proven methods from traditional energy systems, in particular the Oil & Gas business, offers routes to fast-track the development and to implement new subsurface energy components.
In this conference, we invite presentations highlighting opportunities but also limitations and challenges of re-utilizing established geoscience technologies. Topics include, but are not limited to, play-based approaches for exploring and mapping resources for the energy transition, subsurface modeling techniques, monitoring technologies with a specific focus on geothermal energy systems, and data acquisition and drilling technologies. The theme also extends to digitalization, and we welcome abstracts on the integration of AI approaches to subsurface data acquisition, analysis, and visualization.
Presentations around geoscience skills for the energy transition and all aspects of training are welcome under the “Solutions and Society’ theme.
The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- 4D visualisation and planning for a sustainable use of the subsurface
- Energy transition subsurface modeling: overlaps and differences with O&G
- Data mining and AI approaches for the ET
- Play-based approaches for the ET
- Cost-effective drilling and data acquisition for the ET: new technologies and best practices
- Monitoring techniques for geothermal projects
- Geosciences and engineering for nuclear energy: from mineral supply to radioactive waste storage
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
During this conference energy sources and techniques suitable for the energy transition are considered. The main focus is to meet the climate targets towards a net-zero emission. But what are other aims for the energy transition? Will these energy sources meet the future energy demand? How sustainable are the alternative energy sources and techniques?
In this conference, we aim to discuss sustainable resource management, addressing their respective environmental impact and the trade-offs required by their place in the energy mix, considering both the positive as well as negative influences on the ecosystem services.
The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- Sustainability of the alternative energy trends to enable the energy transition
- Impact of alternative energy uses, resources and technologies on the environment
- Trade-offs of alternative energy resources
- What are the benefits and drawbacks of the energy transition on the ecosystem services?
- What are the environmental risks associated with the energy transition?
- What will be the energy demand and delivery over 100 years? - Predictions towards the future
- What is the aim of the energy transition?
- Risk assessment
SOLUTIONS & SOCIETY
The following topics are highlighted (but not limited to) for your abstract submission:
- Current economy and market dynamics in European Renewables
- Risk mitigation and insurance: the right scheme for my market
- Skills and expertises for the ET: transfer, upskill, or shift?
- Regulatory framework: barriers and improvements
- Application of renewables in the food-supply chain
- Social Governance of the subsurface in an evolving world
- Just Energy Transition and the Green New Deal
- How geoscience can support the social license to operate
- Non-technical risks (market development, public/regulatory acceptance)
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