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Abandoned mine could store data center waste heat for use in German energy grid

By District Energy posted 11 days ago

  

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Waste heat from a data center in Bochum, Germany, could be stored in an abandoned mine and used in a district heating system.

The new project at Ruhr University, Bochum, aims to demonstrate the potential of Mine Thermal Energy Storage (MTES). It is being funded as part of PUSH-IT, a European Union-backed scheme looking at underground heat storage as a sustainable solution to meet energy demand.

It is thought to be the only MTES currently under development in Europe.

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