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On 7 August 2012, the ARD television broadcasted an extensive interview with the former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in the programme "Menschen bei Maischberger". Besides many other topics, Mrs. Maischberger also...
A survey of the German Geothermal Association (GtV-BV) provided current figures on the usage of deep geothermal energy in the Bavarian Molasse Basin. For the "successful region of deep geothermal energy in Central...
The global geothermal power market continued to grow substantially in 2011-12. As of May 2012, approximately 11,224 MW of installed geothermal power capacity was online globally. In 2010 geothermal energy generated twice the...
On 22 May 2012, Matthias Hiegl, managing director of Future Water Energy, informed citizens from Schnaitsee and surroundings on a local information event about geothermal energy production in the region. Together with other...
Concerning the next 50 years, hydrogeological geothermal model calculations predict stable funding conditions for deep geothermal power plants in Upper Bavaria. This and other forecast results are presented by the...
Munich is to become the first German metropolis to source 100% of its district heating from renewable energy sources by 2040. In order to achieve this, Stadtwerke München (SWM) will mostly concentrate on geothermics, alongside...
The deep drilling rig Terra Invader 350 "InnovaRig" set a new drilling record in the Upper Bavarian town of Kirchweidach. In the second well a drilling depth of 5,133 meters was reached. Herrenknecht Vertical GmbH, a...
Kirchweidach, 14th September 2011 – For almost four months the company GEOenergie Kirchweidach GmbH has been drilling down, now operations on the second drill hole for the geothermal energy project at Kirchweidach have been...
Climate-neutral power generation and the debate on the nuclear power phase-out have meanwhile become topics of considerable public prominence in Switzerland, which is why all over Switzerland, such as also in Canton Lucerne, the...
The drilling of the first bore has already been successfully completed down to a final depth of just under 4 kilometres, and with the incredible length of almost 5 kilometres. Pumping tests for the first bore have yielded...