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CHPM2030 Project - Combined Heat, Power and Metal Extraction from Ultra-Deep Ore Bodies
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 1st Geoscience & Engineering in Energy Transition Conference, Nov 2020, Volume 2020, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Summary
The European economy is heavily dependent upon energy and mineral supply for industry and society. Therefore, key challenges are: lowering the costs and the environmental impact of energy production, and decreasing the dependence on imported strategic raw materials. Responding to these challenges, the EU funded CHPM2030 project was set up to develop a novel technology, which combines deep geothermal energy production with metals extraction from the geothermal fluid in a single interlinked process (Combined Heat Power and Metals – CHPM). In order to improve the economics of deep geothermal energy development, the project has investigated possible technologies for mobilising metals from metal-bearing geological formations with geothermal potential at a depth of 3 to 4 km, and potentially even deeper, and recovering metals from the geothermal fluid at surface. Thanks to the research by the CHPM2030 Team, the co-production of energy and metals might become possible and may be optimised according to market demands in the future.
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