IGEIA - Objectives

Geothermal technology provides power, heating and cooling for single households, cities, for tourism, industry and agriculture. Geothermal energy may be used in a number of ways in the industrial field. Potential applications could include drying, process heating, evaporation, distillation, washing, desalination, and chemical extraction. While there are many potential industrial uses of geothermal energy, the number of European applications is relatively small.

However, a fairly wide range of uses are represented : large retails and leisure, vegetable dehydration, fish processing and drying, and chemical recovery. Some large industrial applications exist in Europe: in Germany, in France and in Sweden. These systems provide the best present examples of industrial geothermal energy use.

These examples have to be replicated in Europe. The IGEIA consortium will analyze the needs of the industry in order to provide an answer with a geothermal installation taking into account local aspects. The next step is to customize the answer, for disseminating the ‘geothermal’ products all over the EU industrial sector.

Industrial applications constitute the smallest sector of direct geothermal energy use. The industrial sector, at least in theory, offers a very attractive target for geothermal use. Historically this has not translated into extensive use however. The project aims at helping the development of geothermal heating and cooling into industrial sites.
The IGEIA consortium plans to develop geothermal applications in the industrial sector in some countries. The consortium wants to convince the industry that the geothermal energy could offer solutions to its energy problems.

The following are the objectives of this proposal:
> Identify energy needs from the industrial sector.
> Investigate industrial sites that permit the use of geothermal application and evaluate its energy usage
> Presentation of local conditions permitting to install geothermal heating. Identify new energy savings in heating & cooling on sites.
> Feasibility Study of the geothermal application
> Develop a European solution customized by country
> Inform the industrial sector on geothermal potential and its advantages (everywhere, every time)


	Geothermal technology provides power, heating and cooling for single households, cities, for tourism, industry and agriculture. Geothermal energy may be used in a number of ways in the industrial field. Potential applications could include drying, process heating, evaporation, distillation, washing, desalination, and chemical extraction. While there are many potential industrial uses of geothermal energy, the number of European applications is relatively small. However, a fairly wide range of uses are represented : large retails and leisure, vegetable dehydration, fish processing and drying, and chemical recovery. Some large industrial applications exist in Europe: in Germany, in France and in Sweden. These systems provide the best present examples of industrial geothermal energy use. These examples have to be replicated in Europe. The IGEIA consortium will analyze the needs of the industry in order to provide an answer with a geothermal installation taking into account local aspects. The next step is to customize the answer, for disseminating the ‘geothermal’ products all over the EU industrial sector. Industrial applications constitute the smallest sector of direct geothermal energy use. The industrial sector, at least in theory, offers a very attractive target for geothermal use. Historically this has not translated into extensive use however. The project aims at helping the development of geothermal heating and cooling into industrial sites. The IGEIA consortium plans to develop geothermal applications in the industrial sector in some countries. The consortium wants to convince the industry that the geothermal energy could offer solutions to its energy problems. The following are the objectives of this proposal: > Identify energy needs from the industrial sector. > Investigate industrial sites that permit the use of geothermal application and evaluate its energy usage > Presentation of local conditions permitting to install geothermal heating. Identify new energy savings in heating & cooling on sites. > Feasibility Study of the geothermal application > Develop a European solution customized by country > Inform the industrial sector on geothermal potential and its advantages (everywhere, every time)

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