Carissimi Associati SGI,
Carissimi Soci delle Società Associate,

su indicazione della Dott.ssa Jessica Maria Chicco (Università di Torino), desideriamo segnalarvi la sessione ERE 2.9, organizzata insieme alla sessione HS13, dal dal titolo "A sustainable use of water resources for energetic purposes", che si terrà nell’ambito del congresso EGU 2025, in programma a Vienna dal 27 aprile al 2 maggio 2025.

Conveners: Jessica Maria Chicco, Elzbieta Halaj, Jakob Kulich, Adela Ramos Escudero.

Di seguito troverete l’annuncio ufficiale in lingua inglese.

Cordiali saluti,

La Segreteria

EGU 2025 – Invitation to submit an abstract to session ERE2.9 co-organised by HS13 "A sustainable use of water resources for energetic purposes"

Dear Colleagues,

We are thrilled to announce the session ERE2.9 co-organised by HS13 "A sustainable use of water resources for energetic purposes" for the next EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2025 which will be held in Vienna, from April 27 to May 2, 2025, and we invite you to submit your abstract.

Convener: Jessica Maria Chicco (Dipartimento DIST, Università di Torino).

Co-Conveners: Elzbieta Halaj (AGH University of Krakow, Poland), Jakob Kulich (GeoSphere Austria), Adela Ramos Escudero (TU Delft, The Netherlands).

Water is one of the most essential needs for life but more than one billion people live without an adequate resource of drinking water. This represents an important warning indicating why we should be very sensitive and conscious in using this important source of life. Water is a critical resource, not only for our direct consumption but also for nearly every product we use and consume. As an example, agriculture is the largest consumer of water, with extensive use in irrigation, livestock maintenance, and food processing. On the other hand, the energy sector also has a high water footprint because water resources represent important energy sources not only to produce but also to store thermal energy. To this regard, the geopolitical developments from February 2022 clearly indicated the need to accelerate and increase efforts to make the energy supply more independent and sustainable.

This session aims at developing an interdisciplinary research related to the appraisal and management of water resources. This includes the use of sustainable water not only for domestic and agricultural uses, but also as a source of energy for space heating and cooling, as well as for thermal energy storage in aquifers. In this case, sustainability of water resources should be quantitative and qualitative, preserving its thermal and chemical characteristics before and after the energetic use.

Expected contributions may cover recent developments and projects aimed at a more conscious and sustainable use and management of the water resources, focusing on energetic purposes from agriculture to space heating and cooling which include the thermal energy production (e.g., open loop systems) and the underground storage (e.g., ATES, aquifer thermal energy storage).

The abstract deadline is January 15th (13:00 CET)!

Submit an abstract: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/53280

We look forward to your contributions!

Sincerely,

Jessica, Elzbieta, Jakob, Adela