Energy is vital to the functioning of our society. We need energy to heat our homes, produce food, transport, etc. However, energy consumption poses two significant challenges. First, our massive dependency on fossil fuels increases atmospheric CO2 and accelerates climate change. Second, domestic energy production is decreasing, so we have become more dependent on suppliers outside Europe, in some cases unreliable or unsustainable supplies. The EU aims to tackle these challenges through the Green Deal by increasing domestic renewable energy, reducing consumption, and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.
In EGS, this topic is dealt with in the GeoEnergy Expert Group.
Many European and regional projects have been carried out during the last decades to address energy-related issues related to fossil fuel resources, Carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity, geothermal energy potential, shale gas and shale oil plays, etc. GeoERA substantially increased the knowledge about GeoEnergy.
