Geothermal

Critical minerals for electric vehicles

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…

Salt for geothermal energy

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…

What went wrong in Leeuwarden?

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,…

Hamburg is hot

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

“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…