Alexander Richter, Think Geoenergy
Summary
The city utility of Munich in Bavaria/ Germany, Stadtwerke München (SWM), is working on expanding the three geothermal power plants in Sauerlach, Dürrnhaar and Kirchstockach, with the goal to provide thousands of households inside and outside the city with district heating.
With this goal in mind, the municipal utility has secured a permit for “Munich Suedost” from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs’s, which allows further research (into geothermal resources) of the area more closely extending far into the districts of Miesbach, Rosenheim and Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen. This should be done with the help of seismic measurements. SWM is building a district heating network in the Ottobrunn and Hohenbrunn areas. It should be just the beginning.
With the goal of a CO2-neutral energy supply, the Munich municipal utility not only invests in wind farms in the North Sea, they also extend their efforts directly to the immediate surroundings. Last year, a complex seismic survey was conducted, in cooperation with the geothermal companies in Pullach and Grünwald, that was to determine whether further deep drilling would make sense. The first results were promising. According to Helmut Mangold, Managing Director of Innovative Energy for Pullach GmbH (IEP), the data is currently being analyzed more closely in order to better assess the potential for generating energy. He expects results at the end of June or July (2019). Then, the three partners could individually or jointly, which would offer themselves according Mangold, further power plant plans. Mangold thinks primarily of district heating.
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