The drilling web site at Aspern for the primary deep geothermal undertaking in Vienna, Austria (supply: OMV)
Drilling has formally began for a three-well program to assist a deep geothermal heating undertaking in Vienna, Austria by OMV and Wien Energie.
The Austrian built-in oil, fuel, and petrochemical firm OMV Group with undertaking accomplice Wien Energie has introduced the beginning of drilling in Aspern (Vienna-Donaustadt) for the primary deep geothermal heating undertaking in Vienna, Austria. Three wells can be drilled to depths of greater than 3000 meters by mid-2025.
Following a collection of manufacturing assessments to confirm the provision, temperature, and chemical composition of the formation water, the 20-MWt geothermal heating plant is scheduled to be commissioned in 2028, with further crops to comply with. OMV and Wien Energie estimate that the know-how has the potential to fulfill the heating wants of round 200,000 households in Vienna.
In late 2023, OMV and Wien Energie introduced the founding of the “deeep” three way partnership which goals to develop 200 MW of geothermal district heating. The location at Aspern was chosen as the primary undertaking web site of the three way partnership. By the latter half of 2024, preparation work of the drilling web site was already underway.
“This deep geothermal plant is a forward-looking undertaking that units an instance for our metropolis. We’re not solely producing power, but in addition strengthening our provide independence and our financial place,” stated Peter Hanke, Metropolis Councilor for Financial and Monetary Affairs and Wiener Stadtwerke.
“With the primary deeep geothermal plant for Vienna, we’ll generate much more climate-neutral district heating. As we can be much less depending on fuel imports, this can contribute to safety of provide and worth stability,” added Wien Energie Managing Administrators Michael Strebl and Karl Gruber.
A novel data of the geology
The wells on the Aspern web site can be drilled to focus on the “Aderklaaer Konglomerat” formation, a pure sizzling water reservoir with waters of round 100 °C. Three wells can be drilled for the pilot plant – a pilot properly for exploration, upkeep, and safety, a manufacturing properly, and a reinjection properly.
“OMV has a singular data of the geology of the Vienna Basin. We’re making use of this know-how, mixed with a few years of expertise in exploration and manufacturing, along with Wien Energie in our modern district heating undertaking for Vienna,” stated Berislav Gaso, Government Vice President Vitality and Member of the Government Board at OMV.
“Geothermal power is a crucial component of our 2030 technique, with which OMV is driving ahead its transformation into an built-in sustainable chemical substances, fuels, and power firm,” concluded Gaso.
Supply: OMV
