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Additional borehole for the Schwerin geothermal energy project in Northern Germany | ThinkGeoEnergy

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Daldrup drilling rig on site in Munich (Source: TiefGeothermie)

Stadtwerke Schwerin has signed a contract with the drilling company Daldrup & Söhne AG for the drilling of an injection well for their geothermal project.

The drilling technology and geothermal specialist Daldrup & Söhne AG announced in a press release this morning that it had received an order from Energieversorgung Schwerin GmbH & Co. Generation KG (EVSE), a subsidiary of Stadtwerk Schwerin GmbH (SWS). to drill an injection well [for its geothermal heating project, we reported on it]. The project is part of the state capital’s climate initiative. Around 15% of Schwerin’s district heating requirements will be covered by the integration of geothermal energy. The order value of Daldrup & Söhne AG is around 4 million euros. Work in Schwerin-Lankow will start in mid-October 2020.

The well is to be drilled to a depth of around 1,300 meters and completed within four months. After the results of the first drilling in 2018 exceeded expectations, Energieversorgung Schwerin is using geothermal energy to further expand its climate-friendly heat supply. The existing district heating network is also supplied with geothermal regional heat. Geothermal energy helps to avoid CO2 emissions from the outset; considerable amounts of the pollutant sulfur dioxide, fine dust and nitrogen oxides are not produced at all.

Clear goal: Schwerin wants to become CO2-neutral by 2035

For the Stadtwerke Schwerin, the use of geothermal energy is a contribution to sustainable and climate-friendly energy generation on the way to the desired CO2 neutrality of the state capital by 2035. The project is supported by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in accordance with the funding guidelines for climate protection and the climate protection credit program.

Considerable geothermal potential in the North German Basin

Daldrup & Söhne AG sees considerable, timely and relatively easy to develop potential in the north German basin for the use of deep geothermal energy by energy supply companies as well as large commercial and industrial customers. Daldrup & Söhne AG is already participating in numerous tenders and is in lively exchange with municipal utilities and investors. The north German basin is bounded by the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas and by the low mountain range thresholds in the south and includes certain regions in the federal states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Berlin, Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The usable underground aquifer area is approx. 135,000 km² and, depending on the region and depth of access, has temperatures between 131 F and 329 F (55 to 165 degrees Celsius) with a technical potential of 911 TWh / a. These are very good prerequisites for direct heat utilization. Daldrup & Söhne AG specializes in developing this renewable energy source and making it available to the people in the regions.

Source: Company approval via Marketscreener

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