Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities
The sustainable development of Canada’s north is a growing challenge. Nearly 134,000 people, mostly Indigenous, live typically in a diesel-dependent dynamic, and thus initiatives to deploy clean technologies for heat and electricity are ongoing. Research is underway in the Yukon, Northwest Territori...
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| author | Mafalda M. Miranda Félix-Antoine Comeau Jasmin Raymond Louis Gosselin Stephen E. Grasby Andrew Wigston Alireza Dehghani-Sanij Sarah Sternbergh Serge Perreault |
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| description | The sustainable development of Canada’s north is a growing challenge. Nearly 134,000 people, mostly Indigenous, live typically in a diesel-dependent dynamic, and thus initiatives to deploy clean technologies for heat and electricity are ongoing. Research is underway in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut to assess geothermal resources of target communities while techno-economic feasibility of geothermal technologies is being evaluated in Nunavik (Quebec). Results suggest that geothermal technologies can provide important carbon reductions and are economically attractive. While shallow systems can be deployed in a short-term period, deep systems are a long-term objective that may provide sufficient energy to meet communities’ heavy heating needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-970eaac4db6544babfd9fe28f65203f82024-02-27T17:05:48ZengEuropean Federation of GeologistsEuropean Geologist1028-267X2294-88132022-12-01541220https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7882811Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities Mafalda M. Miranda 0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7478-3827Félix-Antoine Comeau 1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3983-7943Jasmin Raymond2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-9185Louis Gosselin3Stephen E. Grasby4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3910-4443Andrew Wigston5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-9896Alireza Dehghani-Sanij6Sarah Sternbergh7Serge Perreault8Institut national de la recherche scientifique, 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec City (QC) G1K 9A9 CanadaInstitut national de la recherche scientifique, 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec City (QC) G1K 9A9 CanadaInstitut national de la recherche scientifique, 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec City (QC) G1K 9A9 CanadaUniversité Laval, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, 1065, av. de la Médecine, Québec City (QC) G1V 0A6 CanadaGeological Survey of Canada, 3303 33 St NW, Calgary (AB) T2L 2A7 CanadaCanmetENERGY-Ottawa, 1 Haanel Dr, Nepean (ON) K1A 1M1CanmetENERGY-Ottawa, 1 Haanel Dr, Nepean (ON) K1A 1M1Yukon Geological Survey, 91807 Alaska Highway, Whitehorse (YT) Y1A 0R3 CanadaCentre d’études collégiales de Chibougamau, 110 rue Obalski, Chibougamau (QC) G8P 2E9The sustainable development of Canada’s north is a growing challenge. Nearly 134,000 people, mostly Indigenous, live typically in a diesel-dependent dynamic, and thus initiatives to deploy clean technologies for heat and electricity are ongoing. Research is underway in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut to assess geothermal resources of target communities while techno-economic feasibility of geothermal technologies is being evaluated in Nunavik (Quebec). Results suggest that geothermal technologies can provide important carbon reductions and are economically attractive. While shallow systems can be deployed in a short-term period, deep systems are a long-term objective that may provide sufficient energy to meet communities’ heavy heating needs.https://eurogeologists.eu/miranda-geothermal-resources-for-energy-transition-a-review-of-research-undertaken-for-remote-northern-canadian-communities/arcticgeothermal potentialground-coupled heat pumpsborehole thermal energy storageengineered geothermal systemshybrid geothermal systems |
| spellingShingle | Mafalda M. Miranda Félix-Antoine Comeau Jasmin Raymond Louis Gosselin Stephen E. Grasby Andrew Wigston Alireza Dehghani-Sanij Sarah Sternbergh Serge Perreault Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities European Geologist arctic geothermal potential ground-coupled heat pumps borehole thermal energy storage engineered geothermal systems hybrid geothermal systems |
| title | Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities |
| title_full | Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities |
| title_fullStr | Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities |
| title_short | Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities |
| title_sort | geothermal resources for energy transition a review of research undertaken for remote northern canadian communities |
| topic | arctic geothermal potential ground-coupled heat pumps borehole thermal energy storage engineered geothermal systems hybrid geothermal systems |
| url | https://eurogeologists.eu/miranda-geothermal-resources-for-energy-transition-a-review-of-research-undertaken-for-remote-northern-canadian-communities/ |
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