Geothermal Canada Content Catalogue
Grasby (Dr. Stephen E. Grasby)
Grasby, S. E., Raymond, J., Hickson, C., Huang, K., Smejkal, E., Miranda, M., Fraser, D., Harbottle, K., Torres, D. A., Ebell, J., Dixon, J., Olsen, E., Drobot, A., Vany, J., Marcia, K., Colpron, M., Dehghani-Sanij, A., Wigston, A., Brasnett, G., Unsworth, M., Harms, P. Sep. 2023. Geothermal Canada.
Although generating energy from volcanoes might seem futuristic, many countries have been utilizing this renewable resource for years.
CBC News heads out with a team of scientists to explore the geothermal potential of a group of dormant volcanoes north of Vancouver and how they can be harnessed as a new sustainable energy source.
Hickson, C., Miranda, M., Huang, K., Witter, J., Unsworth, M., Raymond, J., Poux, B., Marcia, K., Grasby, S., Fraser, T., Ebell, J., Dusseault, M., GRC Transactions, Vol. 45, Oct. 2021.
Grasby, S.E., Ansari, S.M., Barendregt, R.W., Borch, A., Calahorrano-DiPatre, A., Chen, Z., Craven, J.A., Demer, J., Gilbert, H., Hanneson, C., Harris, M., Hormozzade, F., Leiter, S., Liu, J., Muhammad, M., Quane, S.L., Russell, J.K., Salvage, R.O., Savard, G., Tschirhart, V., Unsworth, M.J., Vigouroux-Caillibot, N., Williams Jones, G., Williamson, A., Vestrum Z.E. Aug. 2021. Geoscience BC Report.
Geoscience BC and Geological Survey of Canada online community open house provides an update on the work and findings of this first phase of the Garibaldi Geothermal Volcanic Belt Assessment Project.
Researchers provided an update on planning for a second phase of work in the Mount Cayley area, approximately 70km west of Whistler. This work is expected to begin in summer 2021 and complete in 2022.
This online community open house was designed for communities, Indigenous groups, government staff, the geothermal exploration sector and others interested in geothermal potential in southwest BC.
Yuan, W., Chen, Z., Grasby, S.E., Little, E. 2021. Renewable Energy, Volume 177, November 2021, Pages 976-991.
Majorowicz, J.; Grasby, S.E. Deep Geothermal Heating Potential for the Communities of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Energies 2021, 14, 706.
Grasby, S.E., Ansari, S.M., Bryant, R., Calahorrano-DiPatre, A., Chen, Z., Craven, J.A., Dettmer, J., Gilbert, H., Hanneson, C., Harris, M., Hormozzade, F., Liu, J., Montezadian, D., Muhammad, M., Russell, J.K., Salvage, R.O., Savard, G., Tschirhart, V., Unsworth, M.J., Vigouroux-Caillibot, N., Williams-Jones, G., Williamson, A.R. Sep. 2020. Geoscience BC Report.
Majorowicz, J.; Grasby, S.E. Geothermics, Volume 88, 2020, 101883, ISSN 0375-6505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101883.
Majorowicz, J., Grasby, S.E., Deep geothermal energy in Canadian sedimentary basins VS. Fossils based energy we try to replace – Exergy [KJ/KG] compared, Renewable Energy, Volume 141, 2019, Pages 259-277, ISSN 0960-1481, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.03.098.
Hickson, C., Dick, R., Fraser, T., Grasby, S., Huang, K., Majorowicz, J., Marcia, K., Miranda, M., Noone, F., Raymond, J., Witter, J. GRC Annual Meeting 2019. (Presentation) Sept. 2019. Geothermal Canada.
Presented by Dr. Catherine Hickson, Hosted by the UBC Society of Petroluem Engineers (SPE) Chapter. (Presentation). March 4, 2020.
Grasby, S. Yellowknife Geoscience Forum 2018. (Presentation). Nov. 2018
Geothermal barriers…
• Regulatory • Policy • Awareness • Geothermal data • Basic geoscience
Geothermal energy
• Heat is constantly generated by radioactive decay of U, Th, K in the crust and flows to surface (83%) • Mantle cooling (17%)
Fraser, T., Grasby, S., Witter, J., Colpron, M., Relf, C. GRC Annual Meeting 2018. (Presentation). Oct. 2018.
Hickson, C., Dick, R., Fraser, T., Grasby, S., Huang, K., Majorowicz, J., Malo, M., Marcia, K., Minnick, M., Noone, F., Patel, R., Raymond, J., Shewfelt, D., Witter, J. GRC Annual Meeting 2018. (Presentation). Oct. 2018.
Direct Utilization of Geothermal Energy From Coast to Coast: a Review of Current Applications and Research in Canada (2015)
Grasby, S.E., Allen, D.M., Bell, S., Chen, Z., Ferguson, G., Jessop, A., Kelman, M., Ko, M., Majorowicz, J., Moore, M., Raymond, J, and Therrien, R., 2012. Geothermal Energy Resource Potential of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6914 (revised), 322 p. doi:10.4095/291488
Majorowicz, J. and Grasby, S.E. 2010. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-2132/7/3/002
Jacek Majorowicz and Stephen E. Grasby, Natural Resources Research, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 2010 DOI: 10.1007/s11053-010-9119-8
Majorowicz, J., Grasby, S.E., and Skinner, W. 2009. Natural Resources Research. DOI:10.1007/s11053-009-9090-4
