Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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A profitability study of CO2-EOR and subsequent CO2 storage in the North Sea under low oil market prices
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Reappraisal of the deep Devonian strata under the Mons Basin
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Economic Threshold of CO2-EOR in the North Sea
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The importance of fishing in Northeast Africa : the example of the sites around Lake Abbé (Djibouti, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC)
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The ground active spider fauna of the park area around the Royal Belgian institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS, Brussels Capital)
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GEMAS: Source, distribution patterns and geochemical behaviour of Ge in agricultural and grazing land soils at European continental scale
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Early Eocene climate changes in the North Sea Basin: a Belgian perspective
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Book review of Kouki, P., M. Lavento. - Petra - The Mountain of Aaron. The Finnish Archaeological Project in Jordan. Volume III. The Archaeological Survey.
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Het belang van geologische opslag van CO2 voor België
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Le Marbre Saint-Anne
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Ultra-compact LIBS sensor for Phobos & Deimos resource exploration
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Impact of policy instruments on the development of the Belgian geothermal energy sector (ALPI project)
- inance is one of the main critical issues for the development of a low carbon society especially during times of economic recession. Closing this green investment gap will require policy intervention. The ALPI project will concentrate on analysing and designing relevant instruments to accelerate the transition towards a low carbon society. Five case studies were set-up to cover different economic sectors (electricity, housing, transport, green public procurement and geothermal energy), with a common methodology. As a showcase of emerging technologies in Belgium, the Hasselt University and the Geological Survey of Belgium are investigating the regional potential for geothermal electricity production. Deep geothermal energy appears to be currently on the edge of a takeoff. But the actual emergence of this technology is subject to developments in legislation and incentives from regional governments. Different risk/return expectations across stages of the investment continuum exist and the financial structures that are employed at each stage may require different types of public support. The investigation starts with a broad stakeholder consultation (policy makers, sector federations, industry, researchers, banking sector, investors, etc.). A techno-economic evaluation then is realized by real options valuation. As the development of deep geothermal energy is a complex process, a detailed stochastic calculation is made of a project decision tree. The decision tree replicates the consequent development of different deep geothermal energy projects, with their different success rates and interdependencies in terms of technological knowledge accumulation, decreasing uncertainty for single basins, and increasing public acceptance. This approach allows to investigate measures, such as insurances or government guaranteed, to reduce project risk, in order to increase the interest of investors in this sector. Secondly, this approach is combined with an evolutionary step development to analyze the potential growth of the sector over the coming decades. Finally, different fiscal measures are designed in collaboration with stakeholders, and their effectiveness to stimulate the transition to a low carbon society is evaluated. Giving the high geological uncertainty, this combined geologicaleconomic analysis is arguably the most realistic way to calculate project performance, and simulate the future development trajectory of the geothermal sector subjected to different policy measures.
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A novel approach to single out Raman scattering spectra from laser induced fluorescence in thermally sensitive materials.
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Geothermal Energy use, Country Update for Belgium
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Impact of policy instruments on the development of the Belgian geothermal energy sector (ALPI project)
- Finance is one of the main critical issues for the development of a low carbon society especially during times of economic recession. Closing this green investment gap will require policy intervention. The ALPI project will concentrate on analysing and designing relevant instruments to accelerate the transition towards a low carbon society. Five case studies were set-up to cover different economic sectors (electricity, housing, transport, green public procurement and geothermal energy), with a common methodology. As a showcase of emerging technologies in Belgium, the Hasselt University and the Geological Survey of Belgium are investigating the regional potential for geothermal electricity production. Deep geothermal energy appears to be currently on the edge of a takeoff. But the actual emergence of this technology is subject to developments in legislation and incentives from regional governments. Different risk/return expectations across stages of the investment continuum exist and the financial structures that are employed at each stage may require different types of public support. The investigation starts with a broad stakeholder consultation (policy makers, sector federations, industry, researchers, banking sector, investors, etc.). A techno-economic evaluation then is realized by real options valuation. As the development of deep geothermal energy is a complex process, a detailed stochastic calculation is made of a project decision tree. The decision tree replicates the consequent development of different deep geothermal energy projects, with their different success rates and interdependencies in terms of technological knowledge accumulation, decreasing uncertainty for single basins, and increasing public acceptance. This approach allows to investigate measures, such as insurances or government guaranteed, to reduce project risk, in order to increase the interest of investors in this sector. Secondly, this approach is combined with an evolutionary step development to analyze the potential growth of the sector over the coming decades. Finally, different fiscal measures are designed in collaboration with stakeholders, and their effectiveness to stimulate the transition to a low carbon society is evaluated. Giving the high geological uncertainty, this combined geologicaleconomic analysis is arguably the most realistic way to calculate project performance, and simulate the future development trajectory of the geothermal sector subjected to different policy measures.
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Geoheritage in Ardennes (France and Belgium): geology, cultural heritage and landscapes.
- printed 02/2017
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Where does your saddle quern come from?” Grinding in the contemporary province of Limburg (BE) during the Iron Age.
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Detection limits of tidal-wetland sequences to identify variable rupture modes of megathrust earthquakes
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Determination of manganese oxides of economic and environmental interest by Raman spectroscopy.
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Upward surface movement above deep coal mines after closure and flooding of underground workings
- After the mass closures of entire coal mine districts in Europe at the end of the last century, a new phenomenon of surface movement was observed—an upward movement. Although most surface movement (i.e., subsidence) occurs in the months and years after mining by the longwall method, surface movement still occurs many decades after mining is terminated. After the closure and flooding of underground excavations and surrounding rock, this movement was reversed. This paper focuses on quantifying the upward movement in two neighboring coal mines (Winterslag and Zwartberg, Belgium). The study is based on data from a remote sensing technique: interferometry with synthetic aperture radar (INSAR). The results of the study show that the rate of upward movement in the decade after closure is about 10 mm/year on average. The upward movements are not linked directly to the past exploitation directly underneath a location. The amounts of subsidence at specific locations are linked mainly to their positions relative to an inverse trough shape situated over the entire mined-out areas and their immediate surroundings. Local features, such as geological faults, can have a secondary effect on the local variation of the uplift. The processes of subsidence and uplift are based on completely different mechanisms. Subsidence is initiated by a caving process, while the process of uplift is clearly linked to flooding.
