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Pilot project to extract lithium at Bruchsal geothermal plant, Germany
Lithium for 20,000 car batteries is to be extracted in Bruchsal, according to the goal of the project partners energy utility EnBW and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT , as reported by local news station SWR. The prototype is scheduled to go into operation at the Bruchsal site at the end of the year. Then it should be checked whether what has already been successfully tested in the laboratory also works in practice. The prototype should run for over a year. We previously reported on the plans.
read more... 11/08/2021
French group wins geothermal project for cooling in Martinique
Already announced early last month, French companies Storengy, TLS Géothermics and ENGIE Solutions have won the call for expressions of interest launched by the partners of the Territorial Energy Management Program for the development of geothermal energy in Martinique, a Caribbean territory of France.
read more... 04/08/2021
Bavaria plans up to 25% of geothermal heating by 2050
In a government declaration on climate protection, Markus Söder, the Prime Minister for the German State of Bavaria, announced a faster expansion of geothermal energy for heat generation in Bavaria.
read more... 30/07/2021
Yorkshire goes big on hydrogen storage
SSE Thermal and Equinor have unveiled plans to upgrade their Aldbrough gas storage site in Yorkshire to a hydrogen storage facility.
read more... 20/07/2021
Austria starts process on geothermal for heat development roadmap
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie) and the Climate and Energy Fund are starting the process of drawing up a research and development roadmap (R&D roadmap) for geothermal energy in Austria.
read more... 23/06/2021