Vienna’s energy transition could build upon geothermal energy

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Vienna’s energy transition could build upon geothermal energy

By District Energy posted 11-17-2021 06:49

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In the east of Vienna, the capital of Austria, more precisely in Essling, one of the most important questions for the energy transition in the federal capital will be answered this year, so an article in Besser Stadt Leben. There is an old borehole that is being tested again at 3,000 meters. And now, in a sense, is becoming the last piece of the puzzle in a large-scale research project.

With heat exchangers on the surface, the hot water could be used to feed energy into the urban district heating network. Wien Energie plans to supply up to 125,000 households with energy from geothermal energy by 2030. That would save 325,000 tons of CO2 per year. The model from GeoTief Vienna helps to find the right place for the boreholes and the heat exchangers connected to them. In fact, between 40 and 60 percent of the total geothermal potential that is suspected in Austria is in the Vienna area.

In Essling, an existing borehole is now to be reopened in order to research properties of the rock such as permeability. This is important information for the implementation of future geothermal systems for district heating.

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