| Title | Geothermal 4.0: Data, Information, Visuals |
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| Authors | Gregor RUMBERG, Marit BROMMER |
| Year | 2020 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | information technology, energy database |
| Abstract | Geothermal 4.0 will show the global geothermal community, how data and digital technologies help to push geothermal energy as one of the renewable technologies of choice in the energy mix of the future. Our policy makers need to be fed accurate information coming from global status reports, such as the REN21 published Global Status Report, and it has often been noticed that the global geothermal community is not able to provide the required information on a yearly basis. The New Global Geothermal Energy Database (Geothermal 4.0) of the International Geothermal Association (IGA) is a web-based database providing data, information and visuals on geothermal power generation and direct use applications worldwide. Data of geothermal fields and plants can be accessed and aggregated in several ways. The integrated data entry tool helps structuring incoming country updates, for example from the World Geothermal Conferences (WGC), geothermal conferences and workshops and other data collection initiatives on behalf of the IGA and supports to provide an up-to-date data collection. Interfaces to other databases help to connect to geothermal projects and project classifications with several possibilities for a wide information management. Geothermal 4.0 replaces the Global Geothermal Energy Database. This paper describes the considerations between a recovery of the old database and the chosen implementation of a new database. These experiences can flow into plans for future projects in geothermal information systems. Finally, the paper will describe technical details on Geothermal 4.0, such as set-up and its functionalities for end-users. |