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Geothermal Learning Centre

Upcoming Geothermal Events

Weekly Geothermal Lunch and Learns

[On Demand] • Canada

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Webinar Series

Geothermal Essentials - Moving Geothermal Forward in Canada

Geothermal Canada

December 8, 2021 - April 6, 2022

(Every Wednesday at 12 PM MST)

From a Canadian perspective, Geothermal Canada will be covering a range of topics over a 15-week period, including geothermal energy fundamentals, technology, exploration, commercial considerations, and more. On Demand for Geothermal Canada Members

Previous Geothermal Events

World Geothermal Congress 2020+1

[Hybrid]

October 24-27, 2021 • Iceland

Session 52A: Exploration R2

Presentation

Geothermal Energy in Canada - Kickstarting an Industry

Catherine Hickson

October 26, 6:00 AM PDT

Latin America and Caribbean Region Energy Opportunities Virtual Conference 2021

[Virtual]

November 10-12, 2021

Resources and Technologies Fueling Latin America’s Energy Transition

Panel Event

The Role of Geothermal in the Search for Clean Energy

Chair:

  • Trey Meckel, CEO and Founder, Monteverde Energy, Australia

  • Elvira Pureza Gomez, Vice President of Regions, AAPG, Colombia

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Panelists:

  • Andy Wood, CEO / Chief Geoscientist, CeraPhi, UK

  • Alison Isherwood, Chief Subsurface Engineer, Causeway GT, UK

  • Dina Lopez, Professor Emeritus, Ohio University, USA/El Salvador

  • Catherine Hickson, CEO, Alberta No. 1 / Vice President, Geothermal Canada, Canada

November 11, 11:30 – 13:00 CST

GeoConvention 2021

[Virtual]

September 13-15, 2021

Session: Geothermal Exploration and Development in Canada (Pt. 2)

Presentation

Preliminary Results of a Temperature Log Using a Deep Disposal Well in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Katherine Huang

September 14 @ 1:25 PM MT

Presentation

Geothermal in Alberta - The Holistic View.

An Eco-Industrial Cluster Centered on Alberta No. 1

Catherine Hickson

September 14 @ 3:20 PM MT

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Net Zero, Energy Transition Series

[Virtual]

September 28, 2021

Presentation

Geothermal Energy's Role in an Evolving Carbon Reduction World

Catherine Hickson

September 28 @ 12:00 PM BST

Events

Video Features

CNBC: How Geothermal Energy Could Power The Future

Energi Media: Geothermal project a go after testing shows Grande Prairie well hot enough to produce electricity

Videos

Technical Reports

GeoConvention 2022

Geothermal In Alberta

Geothermal in Alberta – The importance of creating a regulatory environment conducive to supporting the growth of a geothermal industry

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Catherine J. Hickson, Brad Hubbard, and Emily Smejkal

World Geothermal Congress 2020

Alberta No. 1

The Province’s First Electrical Geothermal Project.

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Catherine Hickson, Mark Kumataka, Payam Akto, Darrell Cotterill, Dick Benoit, Roy Eccles, Katie Huang, Marc Colombina, and Sean Collins

GeoConvention 2020

Geothermal

Drilling

And well completions in comparison to oil and gas practices in low temperature (<170°C) sedimentary basin reservoirs.

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Catherine Hickson, Mark Kumataka, Darrell Cotterill and Katie Huang

World Geothermal Congress 2020+1

Geothermal Energy in Canada

Kickstarting an Industry

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Catherine Hickson, Fran Noone, Jasmin Raymond, Maurice Dusseault, Tiffani Fraser, Katie Huang, Kirsten Marcia, Mafalda Miranda, Bastien Poux, Kathryn Fiess, John Ebell, Grant Ferguson, Janis Dale, Leo Groenewoud, Jonathan Banks, Martyn Unsworth, Brian Brunskill, Stephen E. Grasby, and Jeff Witter

Geothermal Resources Council 2020

A Relook

At Canada’s Western Canada Sedimentary Basin for Power Generation and Direct-Use Energy Production.

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Catherine Hickson, Katie Huang, Darrell Cotterill, Will Gosnold and Dick Benoit

GeoConvention 2020

Resource

Estimations

For Conventional Deep Geothermal Projects.

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Catherine Hickson, Arif Rabbani, and Katie Huang

Applied Sciences 2021

Geothermal Assessment

of Target Formations Using Recorded Temperature Measurements for the Alberta No. 1 Geothermal Project.

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Catherine Hickson, Katie Huang, Darrell Cotterill, and Yannick Champollion

Geothermal Resources Council 2020

Using Oil and Gas Data

To Assess Geothermal Resources Within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta.

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Katie Huang, William Gosnold, Catherine Hickson, and Dick Benoit

GeoConvention 2020

Alberta No. 1

The Province’s first conventional deep geothermal power project.

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Catherine Hickson, Darrell Cotterill, Katie Huang, and Mark Kumataka

Reports

Presentations

Alberta No. 1

Catherine Hickson talks about her most recent adventure, heading up the Alberta No. 1 project which aims to tap into conventional geothermal in a sedimentary basin and provide both heat and power to the grid.

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Catherine Hickson

CSEG Emerging Professionals Program

Alberta No. 1

The Province's first deep conventional geothermal power project (part 2 of 2)​

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Geological overview

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Katie Huang

CSEG Emerging Professionals Program

Alberta No. 1

The Province's first deep conventional geothermal power project (part 1 of 2)​

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Context of renewables in Alberta's energy mix

 

Catherine Hickson

Geothermal Resources Council 2020

Using Oil and Gas Data

To Assess Geothermal Resources Within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta.

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Katie Huang, William Gosnold, Catherine Hickson, and Dick Benoit

Geothermal Resources Council 2020

Using Geothermal Energy

To Reduce Oil Production Costs.

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William Gosnold, Mark Ballesteros, Dongmei Wang, and Josh Crowell

SPE Aberdeen Energy Transition

Geothermal Energy's

Role in an Evolving Carbon Reduction World​

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Energy Transition in an Oil and Gas World

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Catherine Hickson

Blog Articles

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Alberta's first geothermal project heats up

From: The Hitch, CAOEC

April 8, 2021

Agricultural Gardens

Conventional Geothermal Energy's Best-Kept Secret

From: Terrapin

April 7, 2021

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Answering Your Top 3 Questions on Geothermal Energy Development in Alberta

From: Terrapin

March 31, 2021

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Why Canada’s geothermal industry is finally gaining ground

From: Lesley Evans Ogden, The Narwhal

September 12, 2020

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