Drilling website of geothermal heating challenge in Neuruppin, Germany (supply: Stadtwerke Neuruppin)
The drilling of a geothermal doublet has been accomplished in Neuruppin, Germany, which can provide sustainable warmth to the district heating community by 2027.
Drilling of a geothermal doublet within the city of Neuruppin in Brandenburg, Germany has been formally accomplished. With this, geothermal is anticipated to start out contributing to district heating in Neuruppin by 2027.
Drilling of the doublet began in June of this yr. The challenge has been led by native utility Stadtwerke Neuruppin GmbH (SWN), with drilling work executed by Daldrup & Söhne AG and planning and consultancy supplied by Geothermie Neubrandenburg GmbH (GTN). The wells have been drilled to depths of round 2000 meters.
Preliminary assessments of the primary nicely have yielded very constructive outcomes. “As a substitute of 200 cubic meters per hour, we might even extract 330 cubic meters,” stated Thoralf Uebach, Managing Director of SWN. Because of this geothermal might presumably contribute greater than the 65-70% of district heating provide, which was the preliminary estimate. Proper now, district heating in Neuruppin has primarily come from pure gasoline, making it very depending on the worth of gasoline.
Selecting tried and examined know-how
The subsequent part of the challenge will contain the acquisition and set up of six giant warmth pumps. The warmth pumps haven’t been ordered as permission continues to be wanted from the mining authority. Nevertheless, SWN already has their eyes on the kind of warmth pump they like and a selected producer.
“We intentionally opted for tried and examined know-how moderately than the newest know-how,” commented Uebach, stressing that the system should run reliably and sustainably for a very long time.
Decrease heating costs by 2027
SWN had already been given a federal grant of EUR 10 million for the challenge, as introduced again in early 2023. This funding will go in direction of buying the know-how for the challenge. Nevertheless, SWN additionally intends to use for one more EUR 20 million grant that may subsidize the operation of the plant, thus decreasing the worth that clients should pay.
With the subsidy, residents of Neuruppin can hope for heating charges which can be about 2 cents per kWh cheaper. Charges will not be more likely to go under the charges earlier than the battle in Ukraine, however they are often considerably cheaper than the present charges.
Supply: Märkische Allgemeine
