Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken for remote northern Canadian communities

The sustainable development of Canada’s north is a growing challenge. Nearly 134,000 people, mostly Indigenous, live typically in a diesel-dependent dynamic, and thus initiatives to deploy clean technologies for heat and electricity are ongoing. Research is underway in the Yukon, Northwest Territori...

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Main Authors: Mafalda M. Miranda, Félix-Antoine Comeau, Jasmin Raymond, Louis Gosselin, Stephen E. Grasby, Andrew Wigston, Alireza Dehghani-Sanij, Sarah Sternbergh, Serge Perreault
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: European Federation of Geologists 2022
Subjects:
arctic
geothermal potential
ground-coupled heat pumps
borehole thermal energy storage
engineered geothermal systems
hybrid geothermal systems
Geology
QE1-996.5
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Nunavik
Yukon
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7882811
https://doaj.org/article/970eaac4db6544babfd9fe28f65203f8
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Summary:The sustainable development of Canada’s north is a growing challenge. Nearly 134,000 people, mostly Indigenous, live typically in a diesel-dependent dynamic, and thus initiatives to deploy clean technologies for heat and electricity are ongoing. Research is underway in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut to assess geothermal resources of target communities while techno-economic feasibility of geothermal technologies is being evaluated in Nunavik (Quebec). Results suggest that geothermal technologies can provide important carbon reductions and are economically attractive. While shallow systems can be deployed in a short-term period, deep systems are a long-term objective that may provide sufficient energy to meet communities’ heavy heating needs.

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