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Last month, we reported that pumping tests will be done to determine if the temperate and flowrate of geothermal fluids at a site of an abandoned coal mine in Bochum, Germany will support the operations of a geothermal heating plant. Stadtwerke Bochum and Fraunhofer IEG have now confirmed that the tests have yielded positive results.
The mine water from the former coal mine, which is at around 27 to 28 degrees Celsius, will be heated to around 48 degrees Celsius using heat pumps before being distributed to the district heating network. This will be enough to supply 70% to 75% of the heating and cooling requirements of the companies and research institutions around the site.
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