The Geothermal Exploration Opportunities Map Beta (GeoMap™)
The Geothermal Exploration Opportunities Map (“GeoMap™”) Beta is being developed by Project InnerSpace in partnership with Google, to provide essential data and analytics for assessing the development potential for next generation geothermal systems worldwide.
The GeoMap™ body of work consists of surface and subsurface modules, a suitability analysis tool, and a Techno-Economic Sensitivity Tool (“TEST”), all of which work together to provide outputs to user inquiries about geothermal resources and development potential in specific geographies.
GeoMap™ is designed to provide insightful information about geothermal potential to a variety of ecosystem stakeholders.
Examples of how GeoMap™ might be used include:
- Entrepreneurs & Developers may employ these tools to pinpoint regions warranting further exploration.
- Policy-makers may utilize this information to advocate for specific policy proposals.
- Industry may make informed decisions by using the data to determine which of their industrial facilities have the potential for geothermal conversion.
- Educators may incorporate this information into their teaching materials to raise awareness of the opportunities geothermal energy offers.
- Investors may conduct preliminary techno-economic calculations using the TEST tool to quantify investment opportunities.
- Researchers and modelers may use the tool to plan energy systems decarbonization scenarios.
GeoMap™ Beta includes as its first case study the continent of Africa, with increasing layer availability as the user zooms in on the country of Nigeria, and the emerging megalopolis of Lagos. This case study approach is intended to illustrate the power and impact of this integrated multi-layer tool. Future iterations of GeoMap™ will increase both the number of data layers in already launched regions, as well as add new regions of the world for exploration and analysis using GeoMap™.
Project InnerSpace prioritizes its mapping efforts on regions of the world that are projected to collectively contain more than 50% of the global population by 2050 - in short, we focus on locations where the world's future demand centers will be located. As such, in addition to our first case study of Nigeria, countries such as India, the United States, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Brazil are near term priorities for inclusion in GeoMap™.
