Advancing Geothermal will take a massive effort globally there is no denying that. This effort will entail de-risking drilling, grants, insurance, research, international corporations and entities, community engagement and beyond. Sounds like a tall task huh? Well, the Inter-American Development Bank is up for the challenge and is actively targeting Central America and the Caribbean trying to make Geothermal a reality. Christiaan Gischler talks about how the IDB hopes to harness the 60-70 GW of Geothermal potential in the Central American and Caribbean region.
A bank helping with research, de-risking development, offering a technology incubator to promote innovation and providing funding? No way, not real. Well, actually the Inter-American Development Bank or IDB for short is active in the Central American and Caribbean regions. With their Vision 2025, they aim to target specific SDG's with the use of Geothermal, promote sustainable food production, provide funding to local SME's and create a space for innovation to lead to massive scale deployment of Geothermal in the region. Christiaan Gischler, Lead Energy Specialist at the IDB gives us a phenomenal overview of the amazing work happening at the IDB.
Inter-American Development Bank
Christiaan Gischler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiaan-gischler-792b2733/
Christiaan's Book recommendation
Homo Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
JRG Energy
GRC
https://grc2022.mygeoenergynow.org/
CORE Knowledge
https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/
Nick Cestari