GRANNUS - Geothermal Resource Assessment Beneath Ireland Using Subsurface Imaging

Project Description

The development of geothermal resources will be important for Ireland to meet its legally binding climate and emission targets; however, the geothermal potential at depth is unknown. Determining our geothermal potential requires extensive knowledge of the deeper subsurface. This academic fellowship aims to generate a lithological map of Ireland’s full crust using new models to improve temperature maps at crustal depths across all of Ireland, helping to quantify Ireland’s deep-geothermal potential and reduce uncertainty.