Brief Description of the topics to be covered:

Geothermal Energy Resources 
➢	World status; 
➢	Regional electricity source mix and forecasts until 2030
➢	Geothermal vs Coal , Natural gas, Oil, Nuclear, other Renewables
➢	Benefits of domestic geothermal resources versus fossil fuel imports


Exploration strategies for geothermal resources

➢	Geological and tectonic characteristics of world geothermal systems
➢	Examples from Collision zones
➢	continental platforms
➢	heat sources
 
Geochemical exploration methods

➢	Dissolved constituents in thermal waters; 
➢	Isotopes in geothermal waters; 
➢	Water and gas geothermometers.

Geophysical exploration methods 

➢	Heat flow measurements, 
➢	Direct current and electromagnetic methods,  
➢	Active and passive seismic methods
➢	Borehole and reservoir geophysical methods
➢	Gravity Method

World overview - Power generation & technologies

➢	Criteria for the selection of working fluid; 
➢	Heat exchangers; 
➢	Kalina cycle
➢	Cost of small power plants for rural electric supply; 
➢	Examples of small power plants; 
➢	Advantages of small power plants
➢	Hot dry rock geothermal systems

World overview - direct use

➢	Direct use - methods & machinery
➢	Greenhouse heating
➢	Industrial Applications
➢	Down hole heat exchangers
➢	Ground-source heat pumps
➢	Space & District heating

Development of business strategy for geothermal energy for power and direct use
➢	Exploration, Economical & Environmental aspects

Objectives:
➢	To provide basic knowledge on the geothermal energy resources exploration and its application for power generation and direct use;
➢	To provide advanced technical knowledge, methods and implementation tools for the application of geothermal energy for power generation and direct use through lectures and tutorials and case studies/histories;
➢	To provide knowledge on the economic and environmental aspects of geothermal energy;
➢	Field visit to geothermal areas in Italy.