Geothermal Canada Content Catalogue
Part 1 of the Geothermal Series from the CSEG Emerging Professionals Program. Guest speaker Dr. Catherine Hickson, P.Geo. The Alberta No. 1 project in the context of renewables in Alberta's energy mix, why we are pursuing geothermal, and what hurdles the project is facing.
Orenstein M. and J. Rohl (2021). The LEAD Project: Leveraging our Energy Assets for Diversification. Energy Futures Lab, Canada West Foundation, Calgary, AB. March 2021.
Majorowicz, J.; Grasby, S.E. Deep Geothermal Heating Potential for the Communities of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Energies 2021, 14, 706.
A small company in Saskatchewan is building what could become Canada’s first geothermal power plant, which could launch a green revolution for the energy industry and the people who work in it.
There is huge potential in Canada to harness heat from deep below the ground for electricity. So why are there only a handful of projects breaking ground? We take a look at the promise of renewable geothermal power and the barriers to getting there.
Science tells us there's enough energy in the first 10 kilometres below our planet's surface to provide all our energy needs for millions of years. The Romans tapped into it for their hot water spas. Today, we all know it as Geothermal Energy. There's no carbon dioxide emissions and no air pollution with geothermal, and it's literally right there beneath our feet. So why isn't our entire planet powered by it?
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.
Building on the GLOBE Advance session on future-fit hydrocarbons at GLOBE 2020, the work of the Energy Futures Lab and other actors on related innovation, and ongoing developments in transition finance (an emerging pathway for organizations to raise capital to transition emissions-intensive sectors, facilities, and projects to lower-carbon alternatives), this session explores…
Alberta has had a reputable oil and gas industry for decades. Since the plunge in oil prices amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been more interest in cleaner, more reliable opportunities in the energy sector - geothermal being one of them. How can we add geothermal to our current mix? How can oil and gas play a role in this energy transition? And how do these two energy sources ultimately complement each other?
The current story around Alberta geothermal has been positive, but there are some technical subtleties that the press and social media does not pick up on. Terrapin is introducing a panel of geologists, researchers, drillers, engineers, and geo-innovation experts to discuss the nuances of the Albertan geothermal and oil and gas context.
Majorowicz, J.; Grasby, S.E. Geothermics, Volume 88, 2020, 101883, ISSN 0375-6505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101883.
Geothermal provides significant opportunities for Canada now more than ever.
What and where is geothermal, and why is now the time to develop it? Terrapin's geologists (and Geothermal Canada's President and Secretary) will provide an update on project Alberta No. 1 and provide the conceptual and technical basis of what the public must know when approaching this industry.
Waste heat recovery is integral to the energy transition.
Waste heat recovery is competitive, cost-effective and economic - a compelling ESG story for heavy industrial facilities. Join Terrapin in this walk-through of the markets, relevant technologies and project development considerations for waste heat to power solutions. The presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A.
Alberta is well-positioned to become a geothermal leader.
In a cold country like Canada, where the average temperature is 1°C, geothermal energy is more important in terms of its thermal capacity than its electrical capacity; more than 60% of our energy needs is spent on heating. Compared to other energy sources, geothermal is the only clean resource that is capable of effectively heating and providing electricity on a massive scale. Therefore, geothermal has great value not only as a clean power plant, but in terms of its direct heat use.
Witter, J.B., 2020. Early-stage exploration for geothermal energy resources along the Denali fault near Duke River, Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2020-3, 62 p.
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.
Geothermal Energy Potential in the Yukon. Fraser, T. GRC Annual Meeting 2019. (Abstract). Sept. 2019.
