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Australia Uses “Big Data” Analytics for Geothermal Energy |
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futuregov.asia |
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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ICT for MDGs
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Australia |
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Mar 20, 2012 |
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Australia’s race to locate alternative energy sources picks momentum –with peak government and education bodies using big data analytics on geothermal projects.
The latest big data analytics project brings together National ICT Australia (NICTA) and the Australian Centre for Renewable Energy, among other partners.
These partners are sharing their data analytics’ expertise to find geothermal energy sources deep beneath the earth’s surface.
This geothermal project is the first endeavour to be funded under the Australian Government’s US$131 million (AUD$126 million) Emerging Renewables Program.
“Australia has a wealth of geothermal energy resources, but they are difficult to locate and access,” says NICTA’s CEO Hugh Durrant-Whyte.
“We will apply NICTA’s considerable expertise in machine-learning and big data analytics to create software to address these challenges.”
Locating suitable hot rocks is a manual and expensive exercise. Existing drilling technology limits the economic development of geothermal resources.
Data analytics offer an alternative to traditional drilling and other search methods. This information management tool helps track energy sources deeper into the earth’s surface layers, while tackling the high cost of exploration.
NICTA is leading a team of university experts from four states to find better, automated ways to define geothermal targets.
NICTA partners include the School of Information Technologies (University of Sydney), School of Earth Science (Australian National University), University of Melbourne, and the University of Adelaide.
Government participants include GeoScience Australia and the South Australian Department of Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy.
These agencies are sharing geothermal sensor data sets and expertise to locate and characterise geothermal targets.
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