We are pleased to invite you to the webinar “Pilot Plant for Extracting Critical Raw Materials from Geothermal”.
Discover how the FluMex mini-plant, developed by the CRM-Geothermal project, was tested under real geothermal conditions at the Cornish Lithium site in United Downs, Cornwall, UK.
The webinar will introduce the mini-plant and its operating principle, present insights from the field tests on lithium extraction from geothermal brine, and discuss the framework conditions needed for future implementation, including environmental, legal, ethical, political and economic aspects.
Join us to explore the technical potential of the FluMex technology and the conditions required for its responsible deployment.
Date: 28 October 2026
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 CEST
Agenda & Presentations
- CRM-geothermal Project Introduction by Simona Regenspurg (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences)
- Pilot plant by Karen Silgado (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences)
- Framework conditions for deployment: Environmental, political, legal, ethical and economic aspects by W. Eberhard Falck (INTRAW)
Speakers
- Dr Simona Regenspurg
Prof. Simona has been working as a research associate at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, in the Section Geoenergy, since 2009. She is head of the working group “Geothermal Fluids”. The focus of her research is on the study of geochemical processes that take place during the operation of geothermal plants. These include reactions under increased pressure and temperature conditions, interactions between water and rock and their effects on the environment. Simona studied geology/hydrogeology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and completed research stays in the USA (Colorado School of Mines, Golden), Sweden (Royal University of Technology (KTH), Stockholm) and Switzerland (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL). She is habilitated and teaches at the Free University of Berlin.
- Karen Silgado (GFZ)
- W. Eberhard Falck (INTRAW)
