The Mecsek Mountains and its surroundings have been the scene of many geological research projects in the past and are currently being researched. The results of uranium research, coal research, studies have covered the extraction of rare earths from uranium pools and coal deposits, research on the disposal of high-activity radioactive waste (HLW) is taking place in the surroundings of Boda (BAF), and several geothermal projects have been recently established in the area and its surroundings (Szentlőrinc, Bóly, Mohács). Building on the available geological-geophysical research material, the integrated interpretation of the geological-geophysical research material was partly based on a new model (Majoros Gy., 2013) that partially reproduced the former geological-structural model (Majoros Gy., 2013), which enabled the transport model of the West Mecsek area (former project GOP-1.3.1) to be completed. The geological survey of the area is characterised by detailed geological mapping of 1:10 000 and 1:25 000 in the Paleozoos-Mesozoos and Miocene areas, in the excavation areas, while the geological structure of the areas covered by younger sediments is known only from the strata of drilling and geophysical, especially seismic measurements. In the construction of the structural image, in addition to the use of geological knowledge, the results of the geophysical maps, seismic and other geophysical segmentation of the field are included in the complex geological-structural interpretation. At the same time, Pécs’s environment is less geologically searched, practically without deep drilling or seismic sections, i.e. the model is currently not validated in the area. Based on previous theoretical considerations (Németh G., 2002), Deep Heat Mining (EGS) was raised from the hot granitoid rocks in the eastern half of the Mecsek Mountains under the lias coal basin. On the basis of a different model, conventional geothermal energy with abstraction and injection is possible (Majoros Gy, 2013). Due to the lack of data, none of the geological models have been validated in Pécs and its immediate surroundings, and thus the launch of such projects poses unsatisfactory risks and system-level uncertainty for both the city and potential investors. Based on the above, the primary objective of the project is to validate the relevant geological-structural model in a deductive way, and based on it, the geological exploration of the southern apron of the Mecsek Mountains for energy purposes, which includes instrumentation and method development, and its result is an assessment of the geothermal potential of the area under examination. The validated geological-structural model, as an industrial research result, allows the implementation of a geothermal project in the southern foreground of the Mecsek Mountains and other similar geothermal projects with high system uncertainty. Sites with such geological situations may be primarily drilling areas located in similarly complex geological environments, higher depth drilling (typically less than 1000 to 1 500 m) and areas where significant geological data gaps (no deep drilling or seismic sections) are required. The implementation of the R & D project, i.e. the validation of the appropriate model, is supported by a number of activities that cannot be considered as R & D in itself, but the R & D project is considered as an integral part of the R & D project, including industrial research. This includes field data collection, field seismic gauges, 3D seismics where necessary, and research drilling, related field mapping and laboratory tests, and the development of an independent user interface for the related platform, which facilitates effective communication between users through structured sharing of measurement data. In addition to the industrial research result described above, the project will provide specific industrial research results that can be exploited under market conditions: a geothermal research protocol will be developed by synthesising and rethinking available and new knowledge. This research protocol will be used as a professional recommendation for similar projects, reducing the risk for municipalities and investors in such projects. The consortium members also carry out complex service development (instrument and related software development) as part of a pilot development activity, with which they can be present internationally. The project leader is Mecsekérc Zrt., who has adequate human resources and project management experience for geological exploration of the area, as well as significant R & D project experience. The company’s task is to validate the theoretical model and to have the necessary laboratory and field measurements carried out, synthesis and formulate recommendations by optimising the measurements and tasks, integrating the knowledge generated during the project. The task of GEOCHEM Ltd. is to support the validation by building a well technology and l...