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Will there be another oil discovery with the latest geothermal project in Germany?

May 16, 2022

In 2003, a geothermal exploration well was drilled near the village of Römerberg in the south of Germany. Situated in the north-south trending Upper Rhine Graben, with up to 4…

Why Kristin field is unlikely to become a geothermal hotspot

Henk Kombrink

May 9, 2022

The soon to be decommissioned Kristin field could generate 270 gigawatt hours of geothermal energy, said researcher Roger Ekseth in a recent interview with Norwegian media outlet NRK. In turn,…

Maasdijk geothermal project can’t start soon enough

Henk Kombrink

April 29, 2022

The first geothermal wells in the Netherlands were drilled in the area called “Westland” where a large cluster of greenhouses is located. About twenty years ago, it was the desire…

What went wrong in Leeuwarden?

Henk Kombrink

March 15, 2022

Last year, a geothermal well was drilled near the city of Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands. The target of the borehole was the Rotliegend of the Friesland Platform,…

Should the Eden geothermal project have been drilled later?

Henk Kombrink

March 10, 2022

As was announced by the Eden Geothermal project in the southwest of England yesterday, injection tests into fractured basement rocks have resulted in a seismic event of 1.7 magnitude at…

Hamburg is hot

Henk Kombrink

February 21, 2022

With an estimated power output of 10 MW – which could supply 5,000 houses with heat – the city of Hamburg in northern Germany hopes to integrate geothermal energy with…

Deep boreholes provide more heat

Halfdan Carstens

January 31, 2022

“The secret is to drill deep, down to 1,500 meters,” points out Thor Erik Musæus, founder and CEO of the two-year-old company Geothermal Energy Nordic (GTML). “The reason is that…

A game-changing geothermal project

Henk Kombrink

January 26, 2022

Plans to drill up to seventeen wells – each to a depth of around 2,500 m. That is the scale of the geothermal development that may be realised in the city…

Denmark to see large geothermal project developed

Henk Kombrink

January 18, 2022

As announced yesterday, Innargi – a company founded by Danish conglomerate A.P. Møller Holding in 2017 – will develop a large geothermal energy project in the Danish city of Aarhus…

Deep geothermal energy to power a paper mill

Henk Kombrink

December 21, 2021

In a press release issued by EBN early December, the preferred site for drilling an ultra-deep geothermal well in the Netherlands was announced. This follows on from two research projects…

It’s time for Denmark to step up geothermal energy production

Henk Kombrink

December 9, 2021

Denmark is a country where some key ingredients for the successful implementation of a geothermal project are present: a complex of district heating systems enabling the effective and local distribution…

Seismic survey identifies two potential reservoirs for geothermal energy in Belgium

Henk Kombrink

November 29, 2021

Subsurface consultancy Hita also suggests that 3D models can help reduce the risk for induced seismicity.

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Geothermal

Will there be another oil discovery with the latest geothermal project in Germany?

Why Kristin field is unlikely to become a geothermal hotspot

Maasdijk geothermal project can’t start soon enough

What went wrong in Leeuwarden?

Should the Eden geothermal project have been drilled later?

Hamburg is hot

Deep boreholes provide more heat

A game-changing geothermal project

Denmark to see large geothermal project developed

Deep geothermal energy to power a paper mill

It’s time for Denmark to step up geothermal energy production

Seismic survey identifies two potential reservoirs for geothermal energy in Belgium

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