Info Geothermal: Supporting efficient cascade use of geothermal energy by making available official and public information

International networking is a big advantage. By having Icelandic partners who could attract relevant representatives of international organizations and investors to project events, also Slovenian higher-ranking authorities and consultants were present and our dissemination activities reached much wider European stakeholders. This enabled sharing information at higher level than just between the researchers. Also, local authorities were more interested to participate if foreign experts have shared their experiences. Iceland has an extensive reputation in geothermal, so this encouraged our big-players and relevant stakeholders from surrounding countries.

Iceland school of Energy (ISE) organized several activities and participated at others and checked all summaries and abstracts in English language for consistency. The impact of ISE cooperation is huge and very important for the success of this project. It not only led to more effective knowledge exchange but also to larger impact in an authority-level.

ISE organized a Workshop and tour of transferable case studies on reinjection, cascade use technology and binary geothermal power plants in Reykjavik and surroundings in October 2022 where we trained 7 local communities and 13 experts and authorities from Slovenia. Afterwards, they organized targeted training of 7 experts, of which 3 were new participants. In November 2022 they organized an online workshop on the role of municipalities in Iceland geothermal development, which was attended by 6 other Slovenian experts. ISE provided trainers for a geothermal summer school in Ljubljana that lasted from July 3rd to 8th, 2023, being attended by 24 trainees from 13 countries. Between 9th and 11th October 2023 ISE visited Slovenia and participated at workshops and field visits with 22 participants and representatives of project partners.