India:

Gujarat University First in the Country to Foray into Geothermal Energy Sector (The Hindu)

July 26
“Geothermal Energy- Initiative and Development” - Seminar
LTC1 Convention Center, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

The Center of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE) at the Gujarat-based Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), an industry-government initiative to create a talent pool for the energy field, has completed pre-feasibility studies in geothermal energy, becoming the only university in India to foray into this renewable energy sector with State funds.

“We have so far conducted pre-feasibility studies for the entire State of Gujarat with the help of geological, geochemical and remote-sensing technologies and have identified five geothermal provinces. Further, geophysical subsurface investigations are ongoing to understand geothermal potential and release target locations for geothermal well drilling,” said B.K. Behera, professor at the Geothermal Energy unit of the university.

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