Illustration of proposed sports activities and well being facility on the Flötenteich (supply: Bäderbetriebsgesellschaft Oldenburg / © Geising + Böker)
A brand new sports activities and well being pool in Oldenburg in Decrease Saxony, Germany will profit from geothermal heating with wells to be drilled earlier than the top of 2024.
Baths operator Bäderbetrieb Oldenburg has assigned drilling specialist Daldup & Söhne AG to drill exploratory and doublet drilling for geothermal wells that may provide sustainable warmth to a brand new sports activities and well being pool at Flötenteich within the metropolis of Oldenburg in Decrease Saxony, Germany. The drilling is scheduled to being by the fourth quarter of 2024.
The undertaking, which shall be carried out in two phases, has a complete order quantity of round EUR 5 million. The wells to be drilled may have lengths of roughly 1,400 every. With the medium-depth geothermal undertaking, Oldenburg shall be a pioneer of climate-neutral warmth provide in western Decrease Saxony.
The Oldenburg public baths have set themselves the aim of working the newly constructed year-round public baths independently of fossil fuels and with as little CO2 emissions as doable. The thermal water, with an anticipated temperature of about 50°C, shall be utilized in mixture with massive warmth pumps to warmth the brand new sports activities and well being tub on the Oldenburger Flötenteich as climate-neutral as doable.
Approval for the undertaking was granted by the State Workplace for Mining, Power and Geology (LBEG) in early 2024. The allow permits for drilling to a depth of 1200 meters. In response to the “Geofakten 41” report revealed by LBEG, the variety of licensed fields for geothermal exploration in Decrease Saxony has vastly elevated since 2022, indicating nice curiosity within the implementation of deep geothermal tasks.
Supply: Daldup & Söhne and Stadt Oldenburg
