Geothermal Exploration & Development (ETR09)
20-24 October 2025 5 days Vienna, AustriaCourse Fee: 4150 EUR + VAT
Computer Fee: 250 EUR + VAT
Description
The course provides fundamental insights into the exploration of geothermal resources and how they can be developed successfully. It also addresses questions about why a major move towards geothermal developments is required to achieve sustainability goals and net-zero emissions. How to tap into the vast additional potential of geothermal energy for heating and cooling purposes will be at the heart of the learning experience.
The aim is to equip technical professionals and stakeholders with the required insights for this journey. Benefits, opportunities, but also challenges and risks of geothermal exploration and development projects will be presented and discussed. Involved workflows will be addressed and handrails for them provided. The course aims to support expediting the journey towards sustainable and decentralised new energy solutions, also important to provide energy security in the future. At the same time, it will prepare the attendees to avoid common pitfalls in such project developments.
COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS: Internet Access, MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops to class.
Course Level: Foundation / Skill
Instructor: Jürgen Grötsch
The aim is to equip technical professionals and stakeholders with the required insights for this journey. Benefits, opportunities, but also challenges and risks of geothermal exploration and development projects will be presented and discussed. Involved workflows will be addressed and handrails for them provided. The course aims to support expediting the journey towards sustainable and decentralised new energy solutions, also important to provide energy security in the future. At the same time, it will prepare the attendees to avoid common pitfalls in such project developments.
COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS: Internet Access, MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops to class.
Course Level: Foundation / Skill
Instructor: Jürgen Grötsch
Designed for you, if you are...
- A geoscientist, well engineer, reservoir engineer, production technologist or any energy professional working on renewable energy developments
- Staff involved in geothermal projects or the development of heat plans for communities
- A professional from the energy or service industry or the public sector involved in or planning to work on geothermal projects
How we build your confidence
This course comprises a mixture of lectures, exercises, case studies, discussions and feedback sessions. The course follows the discover, ask and learn approach.The benefits from attending
This course aims to help you achieve the following objectives:- Provide an introduction to geothermal heat as a renewable energy resource
- Present a global overview of current geothermal energy production capacity
- Illustrate the additional potential of geothermal exploration
- Highlight which countries are currently leading in geothermal developments and why
- Present the main sources and reservoirs of geothermal energy
- Discuss geothermal potential for power vs heat generation as well as cooling applications
- Highlight the differences between fracture and matrix geothermal developments
- Showcase the importance of matrix porosity and permeability in sedimentary rocks
- Understand the workflow of exploration - Play Based Geothermal Exploration (PBGE)
- Introduce various subsurface and surface technologies and development options
- Present and discuss a number of leading-edge geothermal projects
- Introduce the basics of geothermal economics
- Compare geothermal projects with other energy developments
- Highlight the potential of additional benefits of geothermal developments
- Discuss the main technical risks involved in geothermal energy
- Provide an outlook for geothermal energy in the decades ahead
Topics
- Fundamentals of geothermal energy
- Play-based exploration for geothermal energy (PBGE)
- Development of geothermal energy projects (GFDP)
- Synergies of geothermal energy project developments
- Pitfalls and risks in geothermal projects
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