Thursday May 31st I visited the kick-off of the new TKI program on “GeoEnergy”. This TKI program line used to focus on hydrocarbons (then called “TKI upstream gas”), but starting from today the ministry of Economic affairs and climate (EZK / RVO) will only grant research subsidies to projects that contribute to the energy transition.
Many research questions and challenges in oil and gas are similar to storing, recovering and producing sustainable energy from the subsurface. Geothermal heat production got an important position in this program. With respect to storage the focus is still very much on gas (CH4, H2 and CO2) so there is still some work for me to put the importance for heat storage on the agenda! But overall the launch of this program is of course a good step to further increase research towards sustainable solutions!
My colluague Phil during lunch/poster session
The research program is structured around 7 program lines:
- Geological Characterization
- Energy Reservoir development
- Drilling and Completion
- Well & and Flowline Management
- Energy System Integration and Infrastructure
- Abandonment, Re-use & Decommissioning
- Societal Demands & Public Participation
The strategic road map developed by by the industry and research institutes was hand over to the TKI GeoEnergy progam office. at the end of the day.
Martin Bloemendal 