With drilling of the doublet for the Kirchweidach-Halsbach geothermal undertaking in Germany accomplished, work has now began on the district heating community.
Following the profitable drilling of a manufacturing effectively and a subsequent reinjection effectively drilling, the geothermal undertaking in Halsbach in Bavaria, Germany is now continuing to the development of the floor services. This consists of the heating community and the warmth switch station close to the wellheads.
The Kirchweidach-Halsbach geothermal undertaking of Naturwärme Kirchweidach-Halsbach has had an extended and attention-grabbing historical past. The preliminary drilling of the manufacturing effectively began in January 2023, however two sidetrack wells needed to be drilled earlier than commercially exploitable temperatures and flowrates had been attained.
The measured drilling depth was 4750 meters at a complete depth of 3050 meters. Temperature of over 107 °C and a move fee of over 100 liters/second was initially measured from the effectively.
Quickly after the drilling of the manufacturing effectively was accomplished, the corporate proceeded to the drilling of the injection effectively in November 2023. Earlier this 12 months, pumping exams had been carried out on the manufacturing effectively which gave very encouraging outcomes, indicating that the useful resource can provide the group of Kirchweidach, the greenhouses of Gemüsebau Steiner und BIOhof Kirchweidach, as effectively different communities and companies within the district. Dismantling of the drilling rig then commenced by February 2024.
With work on the heating community now beginning, there are additionally talks of extending the geothermal heating service to the close by city of Burghausen. Mayor Florian Schneider has said that he’s involved with the geothermal heating firm and {that a} examine had been commissioned on how such a heating scheme might be accomplished. Extra concrete outcomes from the examine are anticipated to be obtainable earlier than the tip of the 12 months.
Supply: InnSalzach24 and Naturwärme Kirchweidach-Halsbach
