Los días 5 y 6 de marzo ha tenido, en Offenburg (Alemania), la conferencia Geotherm2009, con gran éxito de asistencia –más de 2000 participantes-, y en la que el presidente de la Federación Europea de Geólogos (EFG) y secretario del Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Geólogos (ICOG) , Manuel Regueiro y González-Barros, ha presentado el proyecto Geotrainet (Geo-educación para un mercado sostenible de calefacción y refrigeración geotérmica).

1. The GEOTRAINET Project
“Geo-Education for a sustainable
geothermal heating and cooling market”
Prof. Manuel Regueiro y González-Barros
President
European Federation of Geologists
European Federation of Geologists
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2. • The European Federation of Geologist (FEG)
• The representatives of the geological profession in Europe.
• The European Federation of Geologists (“EFG”) was first established in
1980 by the representatives of the national associations of geologists
from Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
– The nations at present represented in the Federation as Full Members
are: Belgium & Luxembourg, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands,
Portugal, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
– In addition to these Full Members, Bulgaria, Denmark, Slovakia,
Iceland, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey and Canada are present as
Observer Members, while the USA association is an Associate Member.
– The combined geological membership of these associations is
approximately 40 000, but the total represented geologist are around
140 000 geologists (28% of the world total estimated in 500 000)
– In Germany the German Association of Professional Geoscientists
(BDG. Berufsverband Deutscher Geowissenshafter) with headquarters in
Bonn has 2100 members including 120 companies. His President, Dr
Hans-Jürgen Meyer is waiting for your contacts.
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3. • Represent the geological profession in Europe.
– Affirm the professional identity of geologist in Europe
• Safeguard and promote the interests of the geological profession in
Europe
– Guarantee free movement of geologist in Europe. Mutual
recognition of academic and professional qualifications.
– Title of European Geologist: Professional quality
– Promote harmonisation of education and training
– Code of professional ethics
– Advice, assistance and collaboration to and between member
associations
• Promote a European Geological Policy
– Responsible use of Earth Natural Resources: Energy, mineral, water
– Geological problems in land planning, environmental protection and
exploitation of raw materials. Geological Hazards. Geological
Engineering.
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4. Nº of practising geologists Annual Movement of geologists Unemployed
Country geologists
Nº of members Total nº of Nº of Graduated) Nº of possible
geologists (est.) from University p.a. geological
vacancies
Austria 700 1000 100 100 0
Belgium/Luxembourg 100 600 30 34 5
EFG STATISTICS
EFG STATISTICS
Cyprus 168 162 10 76 0
Czech Republic 504 1000 55 60 0
Denmark 350 1200 100 100 0
Finland 817 1000 60 500 0
France 750 6000 400 300 100
Germany 2100 19200 500 500 0
Greece 1700 3600 250 100 200
Hungary 840 1500 40 35 42
Ireland 160 400 50 100 0
Italy 7000 10000 700 350 250
Netherlands 1000 5000 200 100 0
Poland 1195 2000 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Portugal 640 1400 100 30 10
Russian Federation 271 50000 4000 5000 0
Serbia 269 350 30 20 36
Slovakia 279 800 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Spain 3500 5000 500 550 96
Switzerland 400 2000 50 50 0
Sweden 830 900 120 200 0
Turkey 6580 10000 n.a. n.a. n.a
United Kingdom 9365 15000 1000 1000 0
TOTAL 39518 138112 >8295 >9205 >739
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5. The EFG and the Geothermal Energy
• Panel of Experts on Geothermal Energy & CO2
• Geoscientific recommendations regarding Geothermal Energy
to be considered in the Seventh Framework Programme 2007 –
2013, April 2006.
• EFG Position Paper on Carbon Capture and Geological Storage,
January 2008
• Press release on Directive on the promotion of the use of
renewable energy sources, January 2008.
• The EFG together with the European Geothermal Council had a great
success by lobbying the Commission, that finally modified the “Directive
on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources” and
included Geothermal Heat Pumps in the group that will count as renewable
for the 20% in 2020 renewable energy objective. The former draft did not
differentiate between heat pump types.
“Thermal energy generated by heat pumps using geothermal
energy from the ground or water shall be taken into account
for the purposes of paragraph 1(b).”
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6. European Federation of Geologists
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7. European Federation of Geologists
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8. Index
• Project objective
• Project periode
• Project partners
• Curricula for GSHP geosciences and design
• Assessment of geothermal data required for GSHP design and
installation
• Curricula for GSHP drilling and installation
• Creation of necessary teaching/learning materials and of the
e-learning platform
• Establishment of certification framework on European level
and proposal for standardisation
• Direct Training
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9. GEOTRAINET project aim:
“Geo-
“Geo-Education for a sustainable geothermal heating and
cooling market”
• To develop the training of professionals involved in a Ground Source
Heat Pump installations
• Target groups:
– Designers (feasibility study including geologists)
– Drillers (who make the boreholes and insert the tubes)
“Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources”
• 4. Accredited training programmes shall be offered to installers with working experience,
who have undergone, or are undergoing, the following types of training:
7. The theoretical part of the heat pump installer training shall cover market situation
for heat pumps, geothermal resources and ground source temperatures of different
regions, soil and rock identification for thermal conductivity, logistics, building laws,
regulations on using geothermal resources, feasibility of using heat pumps in
buildings and determining the most suitable heat pump system, and knowledge about
their technical requirements, safety, air filtering, connection with the heat source and
system layout. The training shall also provide good knowledge of any European
standards for heat pumps, national and of relevant national and European legislation.
The installer shall demonstrate the following key competences:….
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10. Why Geotrainet
50 100
(2008 only
crude oil price, inflation
1st half)
adjusted (US-CPI,
45 90
basis 2006)
40 80
Air-HP
sold heat pump units (x1000)
35 70
oil price (US-$/Barrel)
30 60
25 50
20 40
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crude oil price nominal
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11. GEOTRAINET project period:
The action shall run for 30 months from 1
September 2008
The budget is 952005€ (75% Eu financed)
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12. Project partners
• European organizarions:
– European Federation of Geologists
– European Geothermal Energy Council
• Research centers:
– Arsenal Research, Austria
– BRGM, France
• Private sector:
– GT Skills, Ireland
– Geoexchange Society, Romania
• Universities:
– Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
– University of Lund, Sweden
– Newcastle University, UK
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13. European Federation of Geologists
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14. GEOTRAINET Phases
GEOTRAINET is divided into phases permitting to create an education
programme towards a certification framework and to train
geothermal installers.
The work will be as follows:
• Research into data currently useful for GSHP installers.
• Evaluation of skills required to design, drill and install GSHP
• Create curricula for designers, drillers and installers
• Create training tools. Test and optimization of the products.
• Suggest standards and codes to create a European market
• Propose a European certification framework
• Launch training courses
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15. Curricula for GSHP geosciences and design
The training of geologists or geoscientists is necessary to give
them a complete GSHP competence
With Knowledges on:
•Environmental respect
•Ground thermal condition
•Technical condition
To achieve these objectives it will be necessary establishment
an European expert platform. This platform will work on
creating a Curricula for geosciences and design, and assigning
contents and programs to the work items identified in the
Curricula
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16. Assessment of geothermal data
required for GSHP
Involves the next activities
•Inventory of data available in the Geological Surveys
or other equivalent authorities
•Collect and evaluate data to determine knowledge
and skills required for design and installation of
geothermal heating and cooling
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17. Assessment of geothermal data
required for GSHP
The Geological Survey of France: BRGM will coordinate
the contribution on the project from 6 national geological
surveys:
CGS, Czech Republic Geological Survey
IGME, Spain Geological Survey
PGI, Poland Geological Survey
INETI, Portugal Geological Survey
BGS, British Geological Survey
TNO, Dutch Geological Survey
European Federation of Geologists
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18. Curricula for GSHP drilling
and installation
An European expert platform dedicated to the drilling and
installation part of a GSHP will be establish
The platform of experts will define the:
• Program of education, including necessary content and
skills requirement to train drillers
• Didactic materials to prepare the learning materials for
drillers
• Identification of profile and required professional
experience of the teachers for the training of the trainers
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19. Creation of necessary
teaching/learning materials
and of the e-learning platform
The goal will be to develop best practice documentation and to
create all the necessary documents to help in the training
courses:
•technical manuals
•case studies
•fact sheets
•power point presentations
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20. Creation of necessary
teaching/learning materials
and of the e-learning platform
The e-platform will also:
•Support the two platforms of experts
•Support the teachers during the training courses
•Permit to interchange information through partners
•Permit to support other countries on training courses and
to help in dissemination
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21. Establishment of certification framework
on European level and
proposals for standarization
Certification means that an installer has demonstrated necessary skills,
knowledge and ability typically required of a practitioner to
competently install, maintain a GSHP installation
The levels of existing skills and knowledge expected of the people
who are to be trained are:
• For Designers/Planners:
– Students: post graduate, more than 3 years in geology,
hydrogeology, etc
– Professionals: engineers, geologists, technicians with 5 years of
experience
• For Drillers:
– Professionals with 3 years of experience
– Students with background in mechanics
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22. Direct Training
8 direct training courses: 2 for trainers, 3 for drillers and 3 for
designers. In addition, two e-learning courses, one for
trainers and one for designers.
The evaluation system consists on two parts:
a) an assessment of the skills and knowledge of the
professionals having taken the course
b) an evaluation questionnaire filled in by the course
participants on the quality and relevance of the course
c) an overall evaluation report on the training courses
summarising the results of the course and the evaluation
questionnaire fulfilled by the students
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23. European Federation of Geologists
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24. 1st October 2008. Kick-off meeting of the GEOTRAINET Project.
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Brussels, Belgium.
24th November 2008. Brussels. First European Experts platforms
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meeting for Design and Installation. A group of experts on Geothermal
heating and cooling from different European countries are working on
the curricula for education and training: GSHP Design and GSHP Drillers
2-3 March 2009.Valencia, Spain. 2nd Project Manager Committee (PMC)
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meeting. 2nd Expert Platforms meeting..
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25. European Federation of Geologists
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26. European Federation of Geologists
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27. Vielen Dank fur Ihne
Aufmerksamkeit !
http://www.geotrainet.eu
Project contact:
Dr. Isabel Fernandez Fuentes. EFG Office Director
efgbrussels@gmail.com
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