Unveiling Earth's Critical Resources For Clean Energy And A Sustainable Future

揭示地球清洁能源和可持续未来的关键资源

• 批准号: EP/Y030265/1
• 负责人: Jeroen Van Hunen
• 金额: $ 66.43万
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY030265%2F1
• 关键词: Unveiling; Earth; Critical; Resources; Clean

The coming decade will be a defining test for humanity and its capacity to respond to unprecedented global challenges. To meet the demands from the energy transition and related green technologies, the current global supply of critical minerals will have to quadruple by the end of 2040. Likewise, the EU2030 goal to create a more resilient energy plan with minimum dependency on fossil fuels, creates an enormous demand for alternative, greener and sustainable energy sources. Among these, deep geothermal energy has the highest potential for long-term, large-scale supply of energy for heating and generation of electrical power. In response to these pressing needs, the EarthSafe Doctoral Network will develop an innovative and efficient data-fusion paradigm to enhance the effectiveness of exploration efforts for deep geothermal resources and critical materials, robust to data missing limitations. EarthSafe will achieve this ambitious goal by harnessing i) the complementary strengths of multiple satellite and landacquired datasets and ii) a novel combination of artificial intelligence, probabilistic inverse theory, computer modelling and science communication. Holistic training of Early Stage Researchers in these powerful disciplines will prepare them to addressing the mostcritical challenges that our society will confront in the next decades, making them highly attractive to both the academic and nonacademic sectors. By formally embedding innovative science communication strategies, EarthSafe will create a new dimension of engagement with the general public and policy makers worldwide. Given its global scope, EarthSafe will support the creation of new energy and economic opportunities in vulnerable societies, helping them to tackle inequality and energy poverty while at the same time consolidating Europe's innovation and technological capacity. In doing so, EarthSafe will contribute to, and is perfectly aligned with, the main objectives of the European Green Deal.

未来十年将是对人类及其应对前所未有的全球挑战的能力的决定性考验。为了满足能源转型和相关绿色技术的需求，到 2040 年底，目前的全球关键矿物供应量必须翻两番。同样，欧盟 2030 年的目标是制定更具弹性的能源计划，尽量减少对化石燃料的依赖，对替代、绿色和可持续能源的巨大需求。其中，深层地热能最具长期、大规模供应供暖和发电能源的潜力。为了满足这些紧迫的需求，EarthSafe博士网络将开发一种创新且高效的数据融合范例，以提高深层地热资源和关键材料勘探工作的有效性，并抵御数据缺失的限制。 EarthSafe 将通过利用 i）多个卫星和陆地采集数据集的互补优势以及 ii）人工智能、概率逆理论、计算机建模和科学传播的新颖组合来实现这一雄心勃勃的目标。对这些强大学科的早期研究人员进行全面培训将使他们做好准备，应对我们社会在未来几十年将面临的最严峻的挑战，使他们对学术和非学术领域都极具吸引力。通过正式嵌入创新的科学传播策略，EarthSafe 将创造一个与全球公众和政策制定者接触的新维度。鉴于其全球范围，地球安全将支持在脆弱社会创造新的能源和经济机会，帮助他们解决不平等和能源贫困问题，同时巩固欧洲的创新和技术能力。在此过程中，EarthSafe 将为欧洲绿色协议的主要目标做出贡献，并与之完美契合。