Drilling successfully completed for geothermal mine water project, Germany

Drilling of a second well for a project targeting hot water from an abandoned mine for geothermal energy utilization has been successfully completed in Bochum, Germany.

In a release shared today, research organisation Fraunhofer IEG and local utility Stadtwerke Bochum announce having successfully completed the second geothermal well at around 820 meters. The derrick will be dismantled in the coming days. After that, pumping tests are planned in order to be able to better assess the yield of the mine water. The first well at a depth of around 340 meters was already successful in February. The two wells will be part of an energy-saving heating and cooling system of the so-called 5th generation for commercial customers at the site. FUW GmbH, a subsidiary of Stadtwerke, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy IEG jointly explored the use of mine water at the MARK 51°7 site and implemented the drilling concept with the drilling company MND Drilling.

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This article was posted on Think geoenergy website

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