TY - JOUR 
A1 - Ramos Escudero, Adela
AU - García Cascales, María Socorro
AU - Cuevas Castell, José Manuel
AU - Sanner, Burkhard
AU - Urchueguía Schölzel, Javier Fermín
T1 - Spatial analysis of indicators affecting the exploitation of shallow geothermal energy at European scale
Y1 - 2020
SN - 0960-1481
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/9407
AB - Shallow Geothermal Energy (SGE) exploited by vertical close loop Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP) is a proven, reliable, and widespread renewable heating and cooling technology. However, in many regions there is still a lack of awareness among policy makers and end users, constituting a major constraint to wider deployment of SGE. In order to contribute to its market consolidation, this work focuses on bringing to light relevant spatial information affecting the suitability of SGE exploitation. This information is the result of the systematization of geological, climatic, and environmental open and available data translated into performance indicators. A set of thematic maps was created using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) comprising the European Member States and other European countries. The relative area and the amount of population affected per indicator was spatially analyzed to determine the most common values found and the affected population. The relationship between area percentage and population affected percentage per indicator was also analyzed and allowed to identify the most common indicators values in areas where high energy demands are expected. Additionally, an example of how this data can be used into a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) framework is shown.
KW - Proyectos de Ingeniería
KW - Renewable heating and cooling
KW - GIS
KW - Multi-criteria decision-making
KW - Continental scale
KW - 2506.08 Energía y Procesos Geotérmicos
LA - eng
PB - Elsevier
ER -