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Cities and municipalities in Germany and elsewhere must get their heat supply as CO2-free as possible in the next few years. Therefore, geothermal energy is gaining in importance as an energy source. “Geothermal use is becoming more and more of a public interest, not only in Bavaria, but also throughout Germany and Europe,” said Jochen Schneider from the organizer Enerchange at this year’s Praxisform Geothermie.Bayern geothermal event held in late October 2021.
The event took place this year in the community center Pullach near Munich as well as virtually. Among other things, speakers advocated using geothermal heat primarily via district heating networks.
In the building sector alone, CO2 emissions must drop by 44% by 2030 (from around 120 to around 67 million t CO2), explained Lena Pickert from the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI) on October 28 as a speaker at the practical forum. She referred to the DENA lead study. In addition to the urgently needed building renovation, the expansion of connections to heating networks is an essential component in order to be able to achieve the climate targets. As a result, the energy sources for heating networks will become more diverse – depending on the location, sources such as waste heat, thermal waste, large heat pumps, solar thermal or even geothermal could be considered.
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