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New Factsheet: Joint Resource Calculation for Complex Geothermal Projects Using the UNFC Framework
How can geothermal energy and critical raw materials such as lithium be assessed together within a single project? A new CRM-geothermal factsheet explores how the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) provides a common approach for evaluating...
New Factsheet: Joint Resource Calculation for Complex Geothermal Projects Using the UNFC Framework
How can geothermal energy and critical raw materials such as lithium be assessed together within a single project? A new CRM-geothermal factsheet explores how the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) provides a common approach for evaluating...
Successful Field Demonstration of Lithium and Helium Extraction Technologies in Cornwall
Exciting news from the research of the CRM-geothermal project! From 15 to 25 June 2026, a group of researchers and technicians from GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences worked in Cornwall together with partners from Cornish Lithium to demonstrate extraction of...
Student Story – Serhat Tonkul: 3D modeling and defining geothermal fluid properties at saline geothermal system, Western Turkey
Serhat Tonkul completed his PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering at the İzmir Institute of Technology, where his research focused on geothermal systems, CO₂-fluid-rock interactions, critical raw materials, and numerical modelling of geothermal reservoirs....
CRM-geothermal Webinar: Critical Raw Material Extraction Technologies from Geothermal Brines
We are pleased to invite you to the webinar “Technologies for the Extraction of Critical Raw Materials from Geothermal Brines”. This event will bring together leading researchers and experts from the CRM-geothermal project to discuss the development of technologies...
New CRM-geothermal factsheet: Fluid Atlas for Geothermal Fluids and Critical Raw Materials
The CRM-geothermal factsheet on the Fluid Atlas has been launched! The Fluid Atlas is an open-access, web-based mapping platform that brings geothermal, geochemical, and geological data together in a spatially integrated form across Europe and Eastern Africa. Its aim...
Student Stories – Seyra Toprak: Recovery of lithium from high-salinity geothermal brines using selective adsorption technologies
Seyra Toprak joined the CRM-geothermal project during her Master's studies, where she focused on the recovery of critical raw materials, specifically lithium, from high-salinity geothermal brines using selective adsorption technologies. Seyra is currently a PhD...
Student Stories – Adolph Jr. Manadao Bravo: Multiphase flow behavior in high-temperature geothermal fluids with a focus on critical raw material recovery
Adolph Jr. Manadao Bravo is pursuing his PhD in Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, where he investigates multiphase flow behavior in high-temperature geothermal fluids with a focus on critical raw material recovery. In his research, he examines how liquid...
Advancing Critical Raw Material Co-Production from Geothermal Fluids: CRM-geothermal Final Conference at GeoTHERM
The final conference of the EU-funded CRM-geothermal took place on 25 February 2026 in Offenburg, Germany, as an official side event of GeoTHERM. The event brought together more than 50 researchers and industry representatives to reflect on the project’s results and...
Spotlight on Innovation: CRM-Geothermal Research Presented at the European Parliament
PRESS RELEASE - December 2025 A high-level session at the European Parliament on 20 November 2025 showcased the latest breakthroughs of the EU-funded CRM-geothermal project, which is pioneering sustainable methods to extract critical raw materials (CRMs) from...
Watch the Recording: Joint CRM-geothermal & CEEGS Webinar on Social Acceptance!
Did you miss our joint webinar on social acceptance and community engagement in innovative geothermal and energy-storage technologies? The recording is now available! Organised by the CRM-geothermal and CEEGS projects, this session explored the critical role of social...
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