Report on Emerging and Converging Technologies

this deliverable is linked to Task 6.1. Work in this Task will utilise the EU2050 Energy Roadmap, the Geothermal Technology Roadmap of ETP RHC and the Global Europe 2025/2050 scenarios as baseline, also utilising outcomes of previous foresight studies relevant for geothermal energy and minerals. The vision and audacious goals will be analysed as to the key domains where change is required to achieve this vision. A particular focus will be put on research and innovation requirements in different realms (e.g. drilling, extraction, energy conversion, industrial symbiosis, additional energy scavenging methods, etc) but also other aspects such as requirements in product design, societal attitudes and mindsets, standardisation, regulation and international agreements may well come up. The outcome of the visioning process will be the definition of a wide array of convergent technologies that can support the implementation of more advanced and technologically challenging CHPM schemes by 2030/2050. Task 6.1 will be implemented with the help of a Visioning Workshop (20 participants) and a web-based Delphi survey that will connect Task 6.1 with Task 6.3.