Please note that this is an on-going project.
Project Description
Rosalind Archer undertakes research and consulting work with supports the deployment of geothermal energy locally and internationally. The work includes advice to startup companies, research to integrate data from a range of engineering and geoscience disciplines into a shared view of the subsurface, digital twinning to optimise development and projects focusing on approaches to developing and managing “enhanced geothermal systems”.
Project Personnel and Beneficiaries
The work Rosalind and her students and collaborators do supports geothermal companies (ranging from start-ups to large enterprises). Research also benefits indigeneous communities since one theme of the work addresses indicators of cultural sustainability to help ensure that values held by Māori are sustained while geothermal resources are managed and developed.
Outcomes to Date
Rosalind’s work was based at the University of Auckland until late 2021. However while at Griffith she has continued to publish in manuscripts and book chapters which are being cited internationally. Since joining Griffith she has graduated three PhD students (with degrees from the University of Auckland) who are furthering the ideas involved in academia and industry internationally.
Project Significance
Geothermal energy is an important source of renewable energy since it offers both electricity and heat (which can be used directly). Electricity is generated as baseload i.e. generation is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (with high capacity factors). In particular the work Rosalind and her team do aims to extend the range of geographical locations where geothermal energy can be successfully produced, and to optimise its production in existing locations.
Related Link
External link to https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890422002011