(Freiburg, 11 February 2010) From today the preliminary programme of the 6th
International Geothermal Conference (IGC 2010) is online. The Conference starts at 9 am
with the Short Course “Exploitation of geothermal reservoirs” in co-operation with experts
from the Drilling School Celle on May 19. The Short Course gives an overview of relevant
requirements and steps related to geothermal drilling. The afternoon offers four different
workshops. Apart from an overview of international geothermal projects in Workshop I,
Workshop II offers an ideal entrance to local representatives into the topic of geothermal.
In Workshop III the focus is on the technical components of a geothermal power plant and
the optimization possibilities of cycle processes. The enterprise Schlumberger uses the
framework of the IGC 2010, in order to inform in its own Workshop about optimized
reservoir investigation by Petrel and ECLIPSE.
After introductory keynotes on market development and perspectives of geothermal the
Congress Day on May 20 provides four discussion panels with a podium of four to five
experts. Topics of the panels are: risk mitigation strategies, seismicity in geothermal
systems, challenges for financing and geothermal power plants in service. On May 21, field
trips to geothermal power plants in Landau and Soultz-sous-forêt complete the
programme.
Thanks to its international orientation and simultaneous German-English interpretations,
the Conference offers a perfect setting to discuss international deep geothermal
challenges and pushes forward the development of a renewable energy technology which
has a promising future. Once again the IGC will be the geothermal networking and
exchanging platform for more than 200 international participants.
The agency Enerchange is the organiser of the International Geothermal Conference.
Since 2008 the economic development and marketing company of Freiburg, the Freiburg
Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co.KG (FWTM) is co-organiser. The IGC 2010 is
supported (amongst others) by the Geothermischen Vereinigung e.V. – German
Geothermal Association. Co-operation partners are the Wirtschaftsforum Geothermie and
the International Geothermal Association (IGA).
Registration fees: Benefit from our early bird special (10% reduction) by registering before
March 1, 2010! GtV-BV-Members benefit from a 10% reduction additionally to the early bird
special. For further information on registration, fees, conference programme and the target
audience, please visit the homepage of the conference.