Integrated sustainability assessment framework

This deliverable is the output of Task 5.1, which will develop an integrated sustainability model framework that considers environmental, economical, social, policy and ethical aspects of the proposed CHPM technology. As a first step we shall have a review of present technologies, their performance and output, position on the energy market (conventional geothermal, non-conventional geothermal plants, drilling and mining technologies). Then, in the next stage a new sustainability framework shall be developed to assess the performance of the new technology in terms of environment, socio-economics, policy and ethical aspects. The framework will incorporate outputs of Tasks 5.2-5.6, with the ability to highlight the complex interconnections of the issues at stake.