The 4th partner meeting of the TRANSGEO project took place between 7-8 April in Szeged, organised jointly by CROST Nonprofit Ltd. and the University of Pécs.
The first day was dedicated to the review of all the activities of the project.
After the opening of the meeting by the lead partner (GFZ), the participants were welcomed and the discussion started with some general management information and the activities completed so far.
This was followed by a presentation of activities 1.3 and 1.4 by CROST staff, which included the status of the criteria catalogue, the decision tree and the IT tool. This was followed by a discussion of the details of the October webinar.
The University of Zagreb – Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering presented the status of the regional databases related to activity 2.1, followed by the completion and harmonisation of data.
During the partner meeting, there was also a guest speaker. MS Energy Solutions Ltd. (Mátyás Gáti, István Garaguly) presented a very interesting case study on a DBHE well reuse project in Hungary, which was listened to with great interest by the partners. 😊 )
After the guest presentation, GeoSphere Austria presented the 2nd 2 activities, including the status of the well survey and the transnational strategy, the timeline of the first results and the stakeholder events in period 5.
The University of Zagreb – Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering presented the status of activity 2.3 (status of feasibility studies and holding of stakeholder workshops at pilot sites), all with deadlines in October.
The status of activities 3.2 and 3.3, i.e. the transnational strategy and action plan, was presented by Medjimurje Energy Agency Ltd.
This was followed by Activity 3.4, where the Local Energy Agency Pomurje took up the tasks related to communication and strategy, as well as the tasks that are mandatory for all partners (extension and review of the list of stakeholders; website news, social media, events in each country).
The partners’ meeting was closed with a presentation by the lead partner on the upcoming deadlines, the financial and activity report, and the locations/ dates of the period 5 and project closure meetings
The day was concluded with a dinner for all partners.
The second day was dedicated to site visits.
After the meeting in front of the hotel, we went together to Szeged District Heating Ltd (SZETÁV). We were first welcomed with a presentation on the functioning of SZETÁV and the situation of district heating in Szeged, and then we had the opportunity to visit a well being drilled. Afterwards, we had lunch together and then went to Szentes, where we were welcomed by Árpád-Agrár Zrt., first at the headquarters and then to several other external sites.
We also had the opportunity to visit a well that was being drilled.The external sites included, for example, a 2,000-metre-deep terminal well and its associated 2,000 cubic metre buffer tank, and a converted well related to the TRANSGEO project. We then had the opportunity to visit the geothermal heated greenhouses operated by the company, which was an extraordinary experience for all partners.
To continue the week, the partners were also invited to presentations and programmes organised in the framework of the European Geothermal PhD Days.
We had the opportunity to listen to very interesting presentations by the guest speakers and representatives of the external sites and to visit exciting and interesting locations for the project, thank you very much for the opportunity to MS Energy Solutions Kft, Szegedi Távfűtő Kft and Árpád-Agrár Zrt.
