The revamped and advanced version of the portal, which expands the data, information and data access functionalities, derives from the activities of the numerous national and international CNR-IGG projects that have enabled the implementation of the various components of the Italian geothermal data infrastructure over time.

The Italian Geothermal Data Infrastructure is a digital infrastructure combining data and their attributes, metadata, tools for searching, visualising and evaluating data, and different ways to access them. Through a precise policy, the Italian geothermal data infrastructure is developed in compliance with national (RNDT 2.0) and international (INSPIRE) regulations by providing data, documents and data services (OGC) to guarantee access, interoperability and re-use of the available information. The infrastructure policy is inspired by the Open Science paradigm and the ecosystem of principles that enable its application (FAIR).

Through the GeoThopica 2.0 portal, you can access geothermal infrastructure data and information after registering and accepting the terms and conditions of use. It is possible to access geothermal data via our applications or to explore documents organised in thematic categories.

The core of the Italian geothermal data infrastructure is the BDNG, which mainly contains stratigraphic and thermal subsurface data, data of geothermal interest from thermal springs, gaseous manifestations, wells and numerous geochemical data described in the scientific literature. The most recent updating of these data has been made possible by the two national projects coordinated by the CNR, VIGOR and Atlante Geotermico del Mezzogiorno d'Italia, dedicated to regions in Southern Italy.

The data of the National Geothermal Database can be visualised through the webGIS application, in which are also organised the national scale maps of the distribution of isotherms at 1000, 2000 and 3000 metres above ground level and the heat flow at the surface produced during the Geothermal Resources Inventory and in scientific publications, the maps of favourability for hydrothermal and non-conventional geothermal systems for 9 regions of Southern Italy and the maps of geothermal potential for electricity production, district heating&cooling, geothermal potential for closed loop geothermal heat pumps (GHP) and favourability for open loop GHP for the 4 Convergence Regions (Calabria, Campania, Apulia and Sicily - produced by the VIGOR project). All the favourability maps are accompanied by the information layers used to obtain them.

All geothermal datasets of national and transnational interest are described with metadata, which are made available in the catalogue called 'Geothermcatalog'. In the metadata, in addition to the description of the datasets, the modalities and licences for their access and use are indicated. The metadata have been compiled and validated in accordance with national (RNDT 2.0) and European (INSPIRE) regulations and standards.

Other applications, such as 'The Virtual Library', the 'Virtual Geo-Library' and the Thesaurus allow users to search, also geographically, the bibliographic references of the collection of geothermal publications referring to the Italian territory and to explore the terminology of the geothermal sector in Italian and English.

The portal also provides documents related to geothermal energy in Italy, organised into categories in the Italian Geothermal Data Infrastructure (e.g. on geothermal assessments, energy planning, regulatory aspects, terminological aspects and environmental aspects).