Alexander Richter, Think Geoenergy
Drilling rid on site for Thisted-5 well in Denmark (source: WellPerform)
Summary
In a guest post for Danish District Heating (Danske Fjernvarme), Lars Andersen, Director at Danish company Geoop, argues that geothermal is necessary if Denmark plans to reach its climate targets and that geothermal heating will play a central role in the conversion of the heating sector and electrification of the energy system.
For years, the [Danish] energy sector has widely agreed that geothermal energy had a great future for itself in Denmark’s energy system. But after a few initial projects got off the ground, geothermal energy development was more or less put too rest. But there is hope again.
This is last but not least due to one player helping to eliminate the risk for consumer and district heating developers.
“Geoop takes the investigation risk and has a clear and simple business plan that makes geothermal activity attractive both economically and environmentally for consumers,” says Lars Andersen, Director at Geothermal Operations Company (Geoop). Geoop emerged as a collaboration between the energy company E.ON and drilling companies Ross DK and Iceland Drilling Company.
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