A Coupled THC Modelling Approach based on Outcrop Analogue Samples and Borehole Data from the Variscan Crystalline Basement in Cornwall (UK): A Case Study for EGS

With the ambition to achieve European Union's (EU) energy directive, that is 30% final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030, all EU countries have adopted their national energy action plans to include more projects on low carbon thermal and electrical power generation technologies.
One sustainable way to achieve this target can be the utilization of geothermal resources. Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) promise the dissemination of geothermal resources in spite of decreasing knowledge of geology at greater depths and increasing drilling depths. The MEET EU Project aims to fulfill this gap by providing high quality datasets of fracture network, petrophyscial properties and petrographyical characteristics of Variscan basement by employing analogue outcrop studies.