Events
July 25, 2016 -- Professor Hüttl visits IGGCAS
Reinhard Hüttl, the president of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech) and director of GFZ Potsdam, visited the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences on July 25, 2016. Prof. Hüttl attended an academic exchange meeting with the scientists at the Geothermal Research Center (GRC) of IGGCAS.
During the meeting, Prof. Rixiang Zhu, the director of IGGCAS, expressed a warm welcome to the German delegation. The deputy director of IGGCAS, Prof. Qingyun Di, who chaired the conference, introduced the Institute, including aspects of its history, staff and scientific research, and emphasized advances made in geothermal research.
Prof. Zhonghe Pang, director of the GRC, gave an overview of the centre and presented several of its recent achievements. This included work on the genesis of geothermal resources, the evaluation and exploration of deep geothermal resources and the sustainable exploitation of geothermal resources. Additionally, he presented a strategy of building a network of research bases with national and international coverage, including the Sino-German Geothermal Research Centre (SG-GRC) – a new initiative by several German and Chinese research institutions including industry partners. He emphasized that the GRC will strengthen the academic communication and cooperation with GFZ. Prof. Hüttl appraised the achievements of GRC in creating smoke-free cities using geothermal energy in north China and affirmed his strong support to the SG-GRC.
Prof. Hüttl presented an outline of GFZ and its scientific research achievements in fields of outer space, climate change and geo-engineering. He highlighted the current state of German geothermal development policy and geothermal reservoir research in Germany. After the presentation, delegates discussed the economic benefit and environmental effect of geothermal heating and power generation, as well as the broad cooperation prospects for both GFZ and GRC. Finally, all the participants discussed the anticipated second Sino-German Geothermal Symposium that will be held at GFZ in March 2017 in Potsdam.
Other Germany delegates attending the conference were Dr. Ludwig Stroink, the head of International Affairs Office at GFZ, and Dr. Hong He, the head of Beijing Office of the Helmholtz Association. Ms. Zhongxia Zhou, the head of international Affairs Office at IGGCAS, together with Prof. Shengbiao Hu, Prof. Peifen Xu, A.P. Guangjie Wang and A.P. Yanglong Kong, all of who come from the GRC, also participated in the discussion.
Deep Geothermal Resources Conference in Beijing
„Deep Geothermal Resources Conference” organized by the China University of Geosciences was hold in Beijing
From 16-17.03.2016 the „Deep Geothermal Resources Conference” organized by the China University of Geosciences was hold in Beijing. During this event the “Sino-German - Geothermal Research Centre” (SG-GRC) was launched as intended after the Sino-German Symposium on “Sustainable Utilization of Geothermal Energy Resources” in October 2015. The interim chair team of the new center is consisting of Profs. Kolditz, Pang, Shao and Kong for next agenda setting. SG-GRC shall become a hub for joint geothermal research including project generation, education and networking.
- Sino-German Symposium “Sustainable Utilization of Geothermal Energy”
- Education and Training
