The potential of shallow groundwater resources for cooling purposes - a Geothermal case study in north east Jordan. Proceedings, 37th S tanford Geothermal Wor kshop . Stanford, California .

Geothermal energy as a sustainable resource has the potential to significantly contribute to the cool ing of buildings in Jordan. A shallow aquifersystem in north east Jordan was proven as a geothermal resource for its potential for cool ing utilization. The investigation involved the development of various numerical 3D models in order to predict the future performance of the geothermal reservoir for different possible geothermal installation. The study showed that a geothermal utilization of the studied basaltic reservoir is feasible. It features sufficient hydraulic and thermal properties to be utilized for cooling purposes. Furthermore the models developed for this reservoir have proven to be robust and flexible. Therefore they can be us ed with new thermophysical and hydrogeological data to construct and analyze further near surface geothermal resource s in Jordan.