Training Geothermal Professionals: Understanding the Supply and Matching the Demand
Deep Geothermal
Adele Manzella
CNR, Italy
EGEC, GeoElec
6th Meeting: Geothermal Panel Offenburg, March 1, 2012
Requirements: Improve geothermal market penetration, increase employment through skilled workforce The geothermal sector has an increasing need of skilled scientists, researchers and workers. Actual providers: • universities and research centers • companies
Training Geothermal Professionals: Understanding the Supply and Matching the Demand
Deep Geothermal
http://3rdgeothermalphdday.oneminutesite.it/
Training Geothermal Professionals: Understanding the Supply and Matching the Demand
Deep Geothermal
EUROPEAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE Joint Programme on Geothermal Energy
3rd PhD Day Pisa, Italy
March 29 2012
European Strategic Energy
Technology Plan (SET Plan) A strategic plan to accelerate the
development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies.
Assessment Report
Energy Education and Training
Current situation – existing workforces (value chain), labour intensity, future trends, and workforces required to achieve the SET-Plan vision (Industry partners)
State of play today within the energy technology field covered. In addition, the required workforces' profiles for the technology sector need to be identified.
Ongoing actions (Academic partners)
Main ongoing activities at MS level and at EU level in relation to undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate education, life-long training, reconversion schemes, professional training. In particular, a broad, but relevant overview of MS activities should be available.
Needs and gaps, in particular main barriers or bottlenecks for the different industrial sectors and their markets
This section should list the main barriers or bottlenecks for the different profiles of workforces that hinder the achievement of the technology goals within the SET-Plan vision.
Recommendations at EU and MS level within specific target dates
This final section should outline recommendations for action at EU and MS level in relation to undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate education, life-long training, reconversion schemes, professional training schemes, market uptake measures, etc.
GEOELEC project
is a pan-European project on geothermal electricity, supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe programme of the EU.
The objective of the GEOELEC project is to convince decision-makers about
the potential of geothermal electricity in Europe, to stimulate banks and investors in financing geothermal power projects and finally, to attract key potential investors such as oil and gas companies and electrical utilities to invest in geothermal power.
Visit www.geoelec.eu
Work Flow Chart (June 2011 – November 2013)
Work Programme
Education and employment in the geothermal sector
Employment survey
Training activities
• 3 Training courses in France, Italy and Germany (2012/2013)
Education and employment in the geothermal sector
Employment survey
electrical energy production district heating operators direct use applications (space heating, greenhouses, fish farming, ..) research and development resource exploration and assessment reservoir design and developent well drilling and drilling services plant design and construction steam gathering and transmission planning, impact assessment and feasibility studies environment finance
legal consulting construction power plant well field electric transmission operation and maintainance of power facilities leasing and land administration governmental relations and regulations manifacturing/sales education publishing support services (back offices etc)
The objective is to improve the technical capacities in order to realise the necessary expansion of geothermal energy for power production
Hints for GeoElec training courses
Duration: 4 days
Number of attendants
Target audience (professionals: utilities, developers, manifacturers)
Education and employment in the geothermal sector
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