Curbing climate change requires a significant reduction in fossil fuel use and the abandonment of peat’s energy use. Renewable, non-combustion-based energy solutions are urgently needed, especially in northern latitudes for heating.

Geoenergy Leap aims to speed up the comprehensive use of low-carbon geothermal energy, particularly as a substitute for combustion-based heat production. This will strengthen national energy self-sufficiency and supply security and aim to impact regional employment positively.

• Promotes using geothermal energy to enhance renewable energy production in Finland and encourages investment in low-carbon geothermal technology.
• Explores the potential of geothermal energy to replace peat and other fuels in heat production.
• Improves expertise in designing geothermal wells and implementing relevant in-situ measurements to establish sustainable and cost-effective geothermal energy systems.
• Utilizes cost-effective geophysical methods to identify bedrock properties, essential for deep drilling.

• Drilling medium-deep, 600 to 800 m geothermal energy wells for research and development (R&D) purposes in each funding region.
• Constructing permanent geothermal field laboratories around medium-deep wells to conduct practical experiments, high-level teaching, and hybrid energy research.
• Developing borehole-specific in situ measurements suitable for medium-deep wells.
• Implementing a public geoenergy database to help with planning.
• Developing a calculation tool for medium-deep geothermal wells.
• Minimising drilling risks through expert knowledge in geoscience, especially by proactively identifying weak zones that hinder deep drilling.
• Enhancing the drilling process with artificial intelligence.
• Creating a digital twin of the ground-source heat pump system.
• Evaluating the potential of geothermal energy in specific pilot sites.
• Widely sharing information about the project’s results.