Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark

DV-WIND: De-risking Vietnamese offshore wind farm development by using onsite seabed conditions and optimizing locations using marine spatial planning

Research project At present, there is a worldwide demand for clean energy and this demand is even growing in the next decades. A way to create more clean energy is to develop new offshore wind farms (OWFs). This will also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and f ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: Vietnam Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Aarhus University (AU), Denmark VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS), Vietnam Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Vietnam Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics (IMGG), Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam Northern Center for Planning and Investigation of Marine Resources – Environment (CPIM), Vietnam Project code: 23-M06-KU Total grant: 9,996,438 DKK

Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Use in South Africa – ESGUSA-2

Research project Much of Southern Africa is semi-arid, subject to low (400-650 mm/year) and erratic rainfall, implying severe challenges in providing growing populations with sustainable water supplies for domestic, agricultural and industrial uses. The situation is ...

Period: 2022-05-1 to 2025-10-31 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Africa Grundfos Holding A/S, Denmark University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa EkoSource, South Africa Auburn University, United States of America Project code: 21-M08-KU Total grant: 5,000,000 DKK

Building climate-resilience into basin water management

Research project Anthropogenic activities including illegal and uncontrolled mining and logging have seriously degraded the landscapes of many river basins in West Africa posing significant challenges to sustainable water resources management (WRM). Climate change (C ...

Period: 2019-03-1 to 2025-02-28 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), Ghana Hydrological Services Department (HSD), Ghana Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana SIRCOOL Mineral Water Company Limited, Ghana Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Central Queensland University (CQU), Australia Project code: 18-13-GHA Total grant: 11,998,167 DKK

Integrated water resources assessment of Udaipur District

Research project Water resources in India are under increasing pressure due to increase in population, intensified agricultural production, changing food habits with growing income and industrial development, as well as pollution of the surface and subsurface waters. ...

Period: 2020-10-1 to 2024-12-31 Countries: India Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Water Air Food Awards (WAFA), Denmark Vidya Bhawan Polytechnic (VBP), India DHI India, India Development Alternatives (DA), India Project code: 19-M10-KU Total grant: 5,000,000 DKK

Managed aquifer recharge in South Africa (MARSA)

Research project Existing freshwater resources are threatened by overexploitation due to population growth, urbanisation, and climate change and many regions experience water shortage. South Africa is a water-scarce country and during the 2017-19 Southern African dro ... Midterm report Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the purposeful recharge of water to aquifers for subsequent recovery, is used globally to replenish over-exploited groundwater resources. MARSA aims to develop technologies that allow for a wider rang ...

Period: 2021-09-1 to 2024-12-31 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Partner institutions: University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa South African Government, Water and Sanitation (DWS), South Africa Rambøll A/S, Denmark Project code: 20-M03GEUS Total grant: 4,994,921 DKK

Managed Aquifer Recharge in the North China Plain

Research project The long term objective of the project is to prepare experts and water managers in China with the best possible knowledge base in order to make informed decisions on large scale MAR implementation in the North China Plain (NCP) as a tool for alleviat ...

Period: 2018-04-1 to 2022-12-31 Countries: China Lead institution: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Partner institutions: Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China University of Jihan, China Beijing Water Science and Technology Institute (BWSTI), China China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), China Nordiq Group A/S, Denmark Project code: 17-M08-GEU Total grant: 4,998,240 DKK

Enhancing Sustainable Groundwater Use in South Africa

Research project Groundwater is an increasingly important source of water supply for agriculture, households, and industry. With population growth and increasing climate variability, this water resource plays an increasingly important role in South Africa (RSA) to en ... Extra midterm report Two field sites for detailed hydrogeological observations have been established at Mamadila and Kalkfontein in the Hout catchment. Seven monitoring wells are equipped for automated logging/monitoring of groundwater levels, gen ...

Period: 2018-04-1 to 2022-06-30 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: EkoSource, South Africa International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Africa University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Project code: 17-M10-KU Total grant: 4,999,122 DKK

Ground Water Development and Sustainable Agriculture

Research project This project will strengthen research capacity in Ghana on hydrogeological research and develop an improved understanding of the groundwater resources in the White Volta Basin in Northern Ghana. A groundwater flow model will be developed to support q ...

Period: 2015-01-1 to 2021-04-30 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: University of Ghana (UG), Ghana Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana Hydronomics Ltd., Ghana Center for Savannah Ecosystem Research (CESER), Ghana University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Project code: 14-P02-GHA Total grant: 9,752,250 DKK

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