CA18219 - Research network for including geothermal technologies into decarbonized heating and cooling grids (Geothermal-DHC)

The ACTION addresses the inclusion of geothermal technologies into district heating and cooling systems in Europe to foster the de-carbonization of the heating & cooling market. With regard to technological solutions, the ACTION follows a strong bottom – up approach. Shallow-, intermediate as well as deep geothermal technologies are considered in monovalent or multivalent grids. Geothermal may act as a heating source, sink or storage and may be combined with other renewables (e.g. solar thermal), waste heat and other technologies like carbon capture and utilization. The ACTION covers networking, knowledge exchange & transfer, training and stakeholder interaction activities based on real  life case studies to investigate and promote solutions and roadmaps for raising the RES share in public heating and cooling grids to at least 30% in 2030 and at least 50% in 2050.