After four years of rigorous research, testing, and field implementation, the OptiDrill Project has reached its conclusion, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and industry-wide advancements.
As the OptiDrill project nears completion, we continue our ‘Beneath the Surface’ blog series, spotlighting the consortium partners and their unique contributions to this groundbreaking initiative.In this instalment, we explore the role of Fraunhofer Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems (IEG), the coordinator of the OptiDrill Project and one of Europe’s leading research organisations, …
Data Hurdles to Field Success: Fraunhofer IEG Reflects on OptiDrill’s Journey Read More »
As the OptiDrill project nears completion, we continue our ‘Beneath the Surface‘ blog series, spotlighting the consortium partners and their unique contributions to this groundbreaking initiative. In this instalment, we explore the role of Orkuveita Reykjavikur SF / ON Power (ON), Iceland’s leading geothermal utility company, in refining the OptiDrill system to adapt to volcanic …
Insights from Helen Ósk Haraldsdóttir: Adapting OptiDrill for Volcanic Formations Read More »
As the OptiDrill project approaches its conclusion, we are excited to launch the project ending ‘Beneath the Surface’ blog series, where consortium partners share their perspectives, challenges, learnings, and insights based on their roles in the project. In the third article of the series, we feature BESTEC GmbH, a leading German renewable energy company with …
Gitta Wahl Reflects: BESTEC’s Role in Revolutionising Geothermal Drilling Read More »
As the OptiDrill project approaches its conclusion, we are excited to launch the project ending ‘Beneath the Surface’ blog series, where consortium partners share their perspectives, challenges, learnings, and insights based on their roles in the project. In the second article of the series, we feature the British Geological Survey (BGS) with reflections from Andy …
Bridging the Data Gap: Andy Kingdon on OptiDrill’s Advancements Read More »
As the OptiDrill project approaches its conclusion, we are excited to launch the project ending ‘Beneath the Surface’ blog series, where consortium partners share their perspectives, challenges, learnings, and insights based on their roles in the project. In this inaugural installment, we shed spotlight on Geolorn Limited and their contributions. We had the pleasure of …
In Conversation with Kevin J Mallin: a Closer Look at OptiDrill’s Potential Read More »
OptiDrill, a three-year initiative from January 2021 to December 2024, is funded by the European Commission’s Climate, Infrastructure, and Environmental Executive Agency (CINEA) under the Horizon 2020 program. The consortium comprises 11 partner organisations, featuring top-tier drillers, project managers, engineers, and operators. Each member brings unique yet complementary expertise across various geological conditions, operating parameters, …
Conferences like these are the perfect opportunity for networking with other scientists from the same field, staying up to date with the latest developments and finding inspiration for possible new applications and solutions for existing challenges.
Henning Knauer from the Fraunhofer IEG represented the OptiDrill consortium and shared his insights on “Optimisation of Geothermal Drilling with Machine Learning” in the second session of the webinar.
OptiDrill project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research
and Innovation Action under grant agreement No. 101006964
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