Projects
Fight Climate Change - Get Ontario GeoREDE!
Geothermal Renewable Energy from Deep Earth
The lack of Government policy for the development of Deep Geothermal Renewable Energy in Ontario is holding back the growth of this baseload renewable energy source. This deep thermal energy resource can potentially be used for both electrical and thermal energy production. Part of the geothermal fluid can be tapped off as a direct heat source for urban or industrial geothermal heating systems (i.e. district heating). This would prompt the local development of other industries with need of the heat, such as food drying, aquaculture and greenhouse farming, up to and including the production of legal cannabis greenhouses.
The rest of the world is moving quickly to use this deep renewable resource for heat & power. Projects of up to 7000m depth are either being built or under study. In Finland one project has already drilled 6,400m deep wells. In the UK the United Downs Project
has drilled to depths of over 5,200m. The Eden Project, also in the UK, has completed their initial deep EGS Project.
Every week new projects are being started around the world. Canada must
remain on the forefront of green energy innovation and we must act quickly.
The energy potential beneath Ontario is huge and the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
equally large. Help us work to get Ontario moving in the right direction of energy use. For ourselves, our children, grandchildren and their children.
Let’s get Ontario GeoREDE! (Geothermal Renewable Energy from Deep Earth)
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Money raised is critical for the required environmental, statistical, economic, and technical studies and convince the Ontario Government to create the correct policy. We hope that the public supports these developments and the clean, renewable energy they can supply.
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What will we do for Ontario?
We will advocate for the correct Deep EGS Geothermal policy to allow for smart & economic development of the deep geothermal resource.
We will continue to work with First Nations to develop a Pilot Project & to ensure they receive the benefits due from this natural resources
We will work to educate the Ontario Government to get the projects rolling, studies completed, and movement into the initial development stage.
We will work to maximize the manufacture and sourcing of materials in Ontario & Canada to create an industry to provide ongoing jobs and economic benefits
Initial Geothermal Project
Our Initial Project is estimated as a 2 MW electrical energy Project along with usable thermal energy. The Project @ 2 MW would generate ~16,469 MWh of electrical energy annually along with ~1.88 MW capacity with a plant factor of ~95%. The available thermal energy from this Project is estimated as an additional at least 12.5 MWt equivalent (110,814 MWh annually) with the same plant factor. Overall estimated development timeline of 36 months.
The thermal energy will be used for heating of Greenhouses, vertical indoor farming and possibly a Geothermal Spa. Development will likely be with closed loop technology.
Using current information from the US EPA calculator the Initial Project electrical & heat energy would displace over
89,000 metric tonnes per year
of greenhouse gases.
The Initial Project is currently being designed for construction on and under farm lands. It could be using our patent pending "GeoREDE" system or a combination of a loop system with a small fractured or undercut area at the base of the production well. Capacity will be finalized depending on actual temperature at depth.
One of our goals is to develop an “off the shelf” design for small Projects from 1 MW to 10 MW electrical energy (by varying depth & number of wells) that can be used in either off-grid situations or specific energy (thermal & electrical) intensive developments. (i.e. industrial or multiple residential). Depending on depth & temperature possible use of multiple CLIMEON type units to capture the energy or single/multiple flash or ORC turbine/gen units will be investigated. Examples of locations where the energy & thermal power could be used include:
• Large scale residential development (district heating & localized energy)
• Large shopping Malls (heat & energy)
• Airports & Stadiums
• Mines (new or active)
• Greenhouse (marijuana) or other agricultural/growing/aquaculture operations including Vertical indoor farming
• Remote First Nation or other communities
We will use a similar approach to the large scale Projects. Once we have a design ready, the same basic layouts and well sizes etc. can be used in areas with similar geology.
In Ontario this would mean we could locate anywhere we have the thermal load requirements just by drilling deeper or adding more wells.
We have been in talks with various First Nations who have shown interest in the unintrusive development of geothermal energy plants on their local environments and lands.
Large Scale Geothermal Projects
+ 60MWe
We are reviewing at least 5 selected areas of the Province where we anticipate acceptable results to continue further study for a large project. After the Pilot Project development gets underway, we will be talking with landowners/thermal users to determine exact locations. The goal is to perform feasibility level studies on these areas to better define heat flow, thermal gradients, available energy, project size, and costs. Based on these studies and the establishment of geothermal policy by the Ontario Government, further project development will occur.
EGS Geothermal in Ontario has 3 potential revenue streams:
- Electrical Energy Production
- Industrial Heating and Cooling
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction through Carbon Trading Schemes
