We hear that electric vehicles (EVs) are necessary to meet net zero targets but how green are EVs really and, moreover, where will the raw materials for the batteries come…
You would not notice when driving across the flat rural landscape of the north of the Netherlands, but in a few places major salt domes almost reach the surface. Within…
Deep geothermal delivery specialist CeraPhi Energy has been awarded the first of its kind geothermal study to undertake repurposing of offshore oil and gas wells using its proprietary advanced closed…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…