EERA Geothermal has organised its work within eight subprogrammes:
- SP1 Assessment of Geothermal Resources (coordinator: Eugenio Trumpy, CNR)
- Interdisciplinary 3D geothermal knowledge
- Performance estimates
- Implementation of European Geothermal Information System/Platform
- SP2 Exploration of Geothermal Reservoirs (coordinator: Jan Diedrik van Wees, TNO)
- Conceptual models
- Imaging
- Natural laboratories
- SP3 Constructing Geothermal Wells (coordinator: Erlend Randeberg, NORCE)
- Improvement of conventional drilling and horizontal drilling for geothermal scenarios
- Development of novel drilling methods
- Development of novel well completion/logging concept
- SP4 Resource Development (coordinator: Martin Saar, ETHZ)
- Hydraulic, Thermal and/or Chemical Stimulation
- Effect of engineering operations in superheated and supercritical water systems
- Induced microseismicity
- Alternative engineered geothermal systems
- Numerical Simulators
- SP5 Energy Conversion Systems (coordinator: Paola Bombarda, POLIMI)
- Component improvement
- Underground thermal energy storage
- System and network integration, modelling and optimization
- SP6 Operation of Geothermal Systems (coordinator: Thomas Kohl, KIT)
- Sustainability of reservoir and environmental risk
- Longevity of materials
- Socio-economics
- SP7 Sustainability, Environment and Regulatory Framework (coordinator: Francesco Rizzi, SSSUP)
- Business models
- Socio-economic and environmental evaluations
- Social acceptance
- SP8 Computing and Data Management (coordinator: Florian Wellmann, RWTH)
- Sustainable data management
- Data Science in Geothermal Energy applications
- Numerical simulation, parameter estimation and inversion
- Geothermal HPC