If you’re into:
🌋 deep geothermal energy
🧮 energy system modeling
⚙️ sustainable material supply
…you might enjoy this deep dive!

Huge thanks to an incredible international team — Max Kleinebrahm, Bernard Sanjuan, Evelina Trutnevyte, Karin Treyer, Francis Claret, Francesco Dalla Longa, Peter Burgherr, Bob van der Zwaan, Russell McKenna, and Detlef Stolten.
Working with you all was inspiring! 🙌

We outline how innovations like:
• load-following enhanced geothermal systems (EGS),
• direct lithium extraction, and
• technological learning
…can make geothermal energy both clean and competitive worldwide. 🌍

Highlights 👇
• Models often oversimplify exploration risks and drilling costs — by up to +420% at shallow depths!
• More than baseload — provision of dispatchable power in renewable-heavy grids.
• Geothermal brines can yield critical materials like lithium, helping the materials transition too. 🔋

Geothermal energy is still a sleeping giant in the global clean energy mix.
Our review shows how it could become a major pillar of decarbonization — if we model it more accurately and recognize its full potential. ⚡🌱

👉 Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⚡️ Hybrid energy is key: Wind + solar (PV) systems are the most cost-effective power source for DAC, but PV is the backbone - making land availability for PV modules a crucial siting factor. 4/n

🇩🇪 Germany as a case study: Expected CO₂ capture cost by 2045 range from 197 € to over 1000 € per ton of CO₂ - depending heavily on location and tech choice. 3/n

🕑 Temporal resolution matters: We find variations in energy demand of more than 100% over the course of a year, emphasizing that accurately capturing fast-changing weather conditions is essential for reliable modeling of DAC energy use and productivity. 2/n