La Palma Research Centre

LPRC, the La Palma Research Centre for Future Studies SL is an independent, internationally active geoscience think-tank headquartered on Isla la Palma, Spain.

Latest LPRC news

Raw Materials Week, Brussels

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AGEO meeting, Lisbon

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PRO-ACT - Preliminary Design Review, Bremen

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INTERMIN meeting, Ecuador

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Closing of the UNEXMIN Project

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ROBOMINERS/UNEXMIN Joint Workshop, Amsterdam

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LPRC Projects

  • AGEO

    Platform for Atlantic Risk Management

  • ROBOMINERS

    Resilient Bio-inspired Modular Robotic Miners

  • PRO-ACT
    Planetary RObots Deployed for Assembly and Construction Tasks
  • MacaroNight

    MSCA for the Macaronesian public to develop careers in sciences.

  • INTERMIN

    International Network of Raw Materials Training Centres

  • UNEXMIN

    An autonomous underwater explorer for flooded mines.

  • CHPM2030

    Combined Heat Power and Metal extraction from ultra-deep ore bodies.

  • VAMOS

    Viable Alternative Mine Operating System.

  • FORAM

    Towards a World Forum on Raw Materials.

  • MICA

    The Mineral Intelligence Capacity Analysis.

  • KINDRA

    Groundwater research inventory and classification to make groundwater visible.

  • INTRAW

    Fostering international cooperation on raw materials with non-EU countries.

  • Minatura2020

    Concept and methodology for “Mineral deposits of public importance”.

Where to meet us?

  • Decarbonising cities with geothermal district heating and cooling, and how to finance it

    13th December, Brussels

    Projects GEORISK & HeatNet NWE will host a joint workshop focusing on:

    • Role of local planning in enabling RES investments, notably for heating and cooling
    • Impact of local authorities in enabling the business model of geothermal projects
    • Barriers to deploying geothermal district heating and cooling projects
    • Policy solutions for facilitating deployment of geothermal district heating and cooling
    • Financing geothermal projects

    LPRC will be present to learn more on the state of play of geothermal energy and related projects in Europe.

  • EGU General Assembly 2020

    3-8th May, Vienna

    LPRC will be present at the next EGU General Assembly to showcase some of the European projects where it participates. Both current and new projects will be shown either as a poster presentation or as a talk.