PROGRAM

Tuesday 25 September 2012

Arrival, registration, room check‐in

Wednesday 6 September 2012 ‐ Morning (9.00 ‐ 12.50)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

9.00 ‐ 9.10 Welcome to Participants

Enzo BOSCHI

9.10 ‐ 9.20 Introduction and Opening Remarks

Fedora QUATTROCCHI

Geothermal generalities and assessment

9.20 ‐ 10.05 Opportunities for Geothermal Development: Research Targets, Needs and Gaps

Adele MANZELLA

10.05 ‐ 10.50 Geothermal Energy in Italy: History and Challenges for the Future

Giorgio BUONASORTE

10.50 ‐ 11.20 Coffee break and poster viewing

11.20 ‐ 12.05 Sustainable Development of Geothermal Resources. A Reservoir Engineering Approach

Miklos ANTICS

12.05 ‐ 12.50 Evolution of a Mineralized Geothermal System, Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA

Fraser GOFF

12.50 ‐ 14.30 Lunch

 

Wednesday 26 September 2012 ‐ Afternoon (14.30 ‐ 18.45)

Unconventional geothermal systems and innovative technologies

14.30 ‐ 15.15 Supercritical Fluids in Geothermal Systems: Information from Fluid Inclusions Trapped in Minerals of the Larderello Geothermal Field and from the Study of Fossil, Magmatic‐ Related, Hydrothermal Systems of Southern Tuscany

Giovanni RUGGIERI

15.15 ‐ 16.00 Sustainable Geothermal Exploitation in Highly Urbanised Areas of Italy

Giuseppe DE NATALE

16.00 ‐ 16.45 An Introduction to Thermogeology – Very Low Enthalpy Ground Source Heating, Cooling and Thermal Storage

David BANKS

16.45 ‐ 17.15 Coffee break and poster viewing

17.15 – 18.00 Low Enthalpy Geothermal Systems for Indoor Conditioning: Geological Competence, Examples Uses and Environmental Sustainability

Antonio GALGARO

18.00 ‐ 18.45 Geiser Project: A European Project for Understanding the Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Fields. Study of Transient Seismic Velocity    Variations at the Geothermal Site of Soulz‐Sous‐Forêts During High‐Pressure Injection Tests

Marco CALO’

20.00 Welcome cocktail and dinner

 

Thursday 27 September 2012 ‐ Morning (8:45 ‐ 13.00)

From indirect to direct knowledge: how to understanding of underground conditions can improve planning

8.45 ‐ 9.30 The Geothermal Heat Flux and the Geothermal Potential Assessment

Bruno DELLA VEDOVA

9.30 ‐ 10.15 Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Solutes from First Principles

Giulio OTTONELLO

10.15 ‐ 10.45 Coffee break and poster viewing

10.45 ‐ 11.30 Geochemistry, Seismicity, and Circulation Cells of the Geothermal System at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA

Cathy Janik GOFF

11.30 ‐ 12.15 Reaction Field and Solute ‐ Solvent Interactions

Giulio OTTONELLO

12.15 ‐ 13.00 Hydrothermal Gas Studies

Giovanni CHIODINI

13.00 ‐ 14.30 Lunch

 

Thursday 27 September 2012 ‐ Afternoon (14.30 ‐ 18.45)

Risk assessment & monitoring

14.30 ‐ 15.00 Dilatancy, Fluid Diffusion, and Seismogenesis: Insights from the Preparatory Phase of the April 6th 2009, L'Aquila Earthquake (First Part)

Pasquale DE GORI

15.00 ‐ 15.30 Dilatancy, Fluid Diffusion, and Seismogenesis: Insights from the Preparatory Phase of the April 6th 2009, L'Aquila Earthquake (Second Part)

Francesco Pio LUCENTE

15.30 ‐ 16.30 An Introduction to Rock Physics with Applications for Geothermal Systems

Harald MILSCH

16.30 ‐ 17.00 Coffee break and poster viewing

17.00 ‐ 18.00 Developing and Validating Advanced Traffic Light Systems for Managing Induced Seismicity

Valentin Samuel GISCHIG

18.00 ‐ 18.45 Thermo‐Hydro‐Mechanical Processes and Seismic Signals: New Insights from Rock Physics Laboratory Experiments

Sergio VINCIGUERRA

 

Friday 28 September 2012 ‐ Morning (9.00 – 11.15)

Non‐technical issues: incentives, tariffs and regulatory framework

8.30 ‐ 9.00 Applied Techniques for Monitoring and Adaptively Managing Geothermal Resources to Optimize Sustainability

Christopher BROMLEY

9.30 – 10.00 Regulatory Framework for Managing Geothermal Resources in New Zealand, and Incentives for Global Deployment through the IEA Geothermal Roadmap

Michel A. MONGILLO

10.00 – 10.45 Performance Assessment of Geothermal Systems: Quantifying Key Performance Indicators in Exploration and Resource Potential Estimation

Jan Diederik VAN WEES

10.45 ‐ 11.15 Coffee break and poster viewing

 

Friday 28 September 2012 ‐ Morning (11.15 ‐ 12.45)

Synergies and conflicting issues resulting from the simultaneous use of the underground by different technologies

11.15 ‐ 12.00 Using High Performance Computing for Predicting the Fate of Sequestered CO₂ and EGS Performance

Peter LICHTNER

12.00 ‐ 12.45 Environmental Assessment of Enhanced Geothermal Systems through LCA of Relevant Design Configurations Accounting the Risk of Induced Seismicity

Martino LACIRIGNOLA

13.30 ‐ 19.00 Excursion to Calatafimi Spa (packed lunch will be provided)

20.00 Conference dinner

 

Saturday 29 September 2012 ‐ Morning (9.00‐12.50)

VIGOR and Atlante Projects | Characterizing Regional Geothermal Systems

9.00 ‐ 9.25 Atlante and VIGOR Projects for fhe Geothermal Assessment of Southern Italy

Adele MANZELLA

9.25 ‐ 9.50 Geothermal Potential: a New Assessment Approach and its Application to VIGOR Regions

Eugenio TRUMPY

9.50 ‐ 10.15 A Review of Thermal Models of Atlante Project Regions Starting from Well Data Logs: the Example of Sicily

Gianluca GOLA

10.15 ‐ 10.40 Geothermal Potential Mapping for Shallow Geothermal Exploitation

Eloisa DI SIPIO

10.40 ‐ 11.10 Coffee break and poster viewing

11.10 ‐ 11.35 Assessment of Geochemical Anomalies Possibly Related to Geothermal Environments in Sicily, within the Activities of Project VIGOR

Salvatore GIAMMANCO

11.35 ‐ 12.00 Seismological Methods Applied to Geothermics in Southern Italy

Claudio CHIARABBA

12.00 ‐ 12.25 High‐Resolution Modeling of Potential Fields for Defining the Structural Geological Framework in Southern Italy

Maurizio FEDI

12.25 ‐ 12.50 Skytem Data for Geothermal Assessment: a VIGOR Case Study in Sicily

Andrea VIEZZOLI

12.50 ‐ 14.30 Lunch

 

Saturday 29 September 2012 ‐ Afternoon (14.30 ‐ 18.45)

VIGOR and Atlante Projects | Characterizing Shallow and Deep Geothermal Systems

14.30 ‐ 14.55 Geophysical EM Data for Geothermal Exploration: Case Studies from VIGOR

Gerardo ROMANO

14.55 ‐ 15.20 Mazara Del Vallo Geothermal Assessment, Sicily

Domenico MONTANARI

15.20 ‐ 15.45 Geothermal Exploration of Shallow Resources and for the Deep Regional Assessment of Sicily: the Role of Geological and Hydrogeological Data

Salvatore MONTELEONE

 

Saturday 29 September 2012 ‐ Afternoon (Continued)

VIGOR and Atlante Projects | Characterizing Shallow and Deep Geothermal Systems

15.45 ‐ 16.10 Geological and Geophysical Modeling for Geothermal Assessment: the VIGOR Case Study of Guardia Lombardi Area, Campania

Davide SCROCCA

16.10 ‐ 16.35 Reservoir Modeling of Deep Geothermal Systems: the Examples of Guardia Lombardi

Giordano MONTEGROSSI

16.35 ‐ 17.05 Coffee break and poster viewing

17.05 ‐ 17.30 From Shallow to Deep Exploration: the Calabria Case Studies of Rende and Terme Caronte Areas

Giulio IOVINE

17.30 ‐ 17.55 Fluid Geochemistry of the Lamezia Terme Area (Calabria, Southern Italy)

Luca PIZZINO

17.55 ‐ 18.20 Geothermal Resources in Foreland Environments: the Santa Cesarea Terme Structural Setting

Domenico LIOTTA

18.20 ‐ 18.45 Hydrogeological Characterization of Thermal Coastal Springs and Geothermal Opportunities (Santa Cesarea Terme, Apulia)

Francesca SANTALOIA

 

Sunday 30 September 2012 ‐ Morning (9.00 ‐ 13.00)

VIGOR and Atlante Projects | Characterizing Shallow and Deep Geothermal Systems

9.00 ‐ 9.25 Onshore and Offshore Geothermal Projects: the INGV Perspective

Francesco ITALIANO

9.25 ‐ 9.50 Multidisciplinary Approach for the Assessment of the Mondragone Geothermal System

Emanuela PETRUCCIONE

9.50 ‐ 10.15 Energy Analysis Proposal to Exploit the Low Enthalpy Geothermal Resources for Industrial Processes

Delia Evelina BRUNO

10.15 ‐ 10.40 Fault Systems: How and Where Discovering the Geothermal Systems to Produce Clean and No‐CO₂ Emissive Electricity

Fedora QUATTROCCHI

10.40 ‐ 11.10 Coffee break

11.10 ‐ 13.00 Poster session |Viewing and discussion

13.00 ‐ 14.30 Lunch

 

Sunday 30 September 2012 ‐ Afternoon (15.00 ‐ 18.00)

Round Table

^{Chairman: Antonio Jr. RUGGIERO}

Representatives from assocarboni, EGEC, ENEL, IEA‐GIA, IEA‐GIA GNS, Magma ENERGY ITALIA, MSE

Monday 01 October 2012

Departure from Erice