GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

IPCC Activities

In the context of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Prof. Ernst Huenges contributed to the Special Report on Renewable Energies and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN):

Goldstein, B., G. Hiriart, R. Bertani, C. Bromley, L. Gutiérrez-Negrín, E. Huenges, H. Muraoka, A. Ragnarsson, J. Tester, V. Zui, 2011: Geothermal Energy. In IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation [O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G. Hansen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow (eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

European Activities

ICGR is a founding member of the Joint Programme on Geothermal Energy (JPGE) in the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) and Prof. Ernst Huenges was one of the first coordinators of the Joint Programme. The Programme aims at providing an outstanding contribution bringing together the leading European geothermal research institutions in a strategically oriented Joint R&D Programme.

National Activities

Within the topic-oriented Helmholtz Research Programmes our group coordinates the topic "Geothermal Energy Systems" together with groups at KIT and UFZ.

In the cross-programme initiative Geoenergy our goal is to strengthen national research activities by a stronger link of existing in-situ laboratories in deep sedimentary rocks at Groß Schönebeck (geothermal) and at Ketzin (CO2 storage) together with the future GeoLaB in crystalline basement rocks and research on suitable simulation tools.

IPCC Activities

In the context of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Prof. Ernst Huenges contributed to the Special Report on Renewable Energies and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN):

Goldstein, B., G. Hiriart, R. Bertani, C. Bromley, L. Gutiérrez-Negrín, E. Huenges, H. Muraoka, A. Ragnarsson, J. Tester, V. Zui, 2011: Geothermal Energy. In IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation [O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G. Hansen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow (eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

European Activities

ICGR is a founding member of the Joint Programme on Geothermal Energy (JPGE) in the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) and Prof. Ernst Huenges was one of the first coordinators of the Joint Programme. The Programme aims at providing an outstanding contribution bringing together the leading European geothermal research institutions in a strategically oriented Joint R&D Programme.

National Activities

Within the topic-oriented Helmholtz Research Programmes our group coordinates the topic "Geothermal Energy Systems" together with groups at KIT and UFZ.

In the cross-programme initiative Geoenergy our goal is to strengthen national research activities by a stronger link of existing in-situ laboratories in deep sedimentary rocks at Groß Schönebeck (geothermal) and at Ketzin (CO2 storage) together with the future GeoLaB in crystalline basement rocks and research on suitable simulation tools.

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