The subsurface condition of the Upper Rhine Graben are favorable for developing novel geothermal utilization concepts. In particular, they allow for an optimization of the energetic use for variable heat production and storage scenarios. The fact that former hydrocarbon reservoirs are involved, perfectly describes the transition to the future use of renewable CO2-neutral energies.
The...
Lithium (Li) is one of the crucial elements for the realization of electric mobility, energy transition and digitization, with rising demand and prices over the last decades. However, with an import rate of 86% (2010 – 2014) and a contribution to global Li-production of less than 1% (2017), Europe depends almost entirely on Li-import. To reduce the dependency, Li deposits and new and...
The Theistareykir geothermal field is located on the path of the Mid-Atlantic ridge in Northeastern Iceland. A power plant in the area produces 90 MWe since autumn 2017 using 13 production wells of around 2 km depth and 3 injection wells of about 450 and 100 m depth.
We monitor the spatial and temporal evolution of the geothermal reservoir using time-lapse magnetotellurics (MT) and...
In order to successfully demonstrate geothermal binary power plant technology at an Indonesian site and to intensify the know-how transfer in this technology field a German-Indonesian collaboration project has been initiated in 2013 involving GFZ Potsdam (Germany), the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology in Indonesia (BPPT) and PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE)....
