The heat supply contract for Eavor Erdwärme's geothermal project has been signed in Geretsried, Upper Bavaria.
Eavor Erdwärme Geretsried GmbH calls its "Eavor Loop Technology" a "game changer for the heating sector". The Upper Bavarian company is installing it in Geretsried for the first time in order to produce heat for the district heating network of Isar Loisach Naturwärme (ILN). The two companies have now signed a corresponding heat supply contract, after the contract was previously approved by the board of directors of Stadtwerke Geretsried and the council of Geretsried, a town of 26,000 inhabitants south of Munich, as the companies announced.
The contract provides for the supply of up to 81.2 million kWh of heat per year. The ILN district heating network is to be built in six expansion stages from 2025/2026, depending on drilling progress.
The Eavor Loop technology uses deep drilling to install a closed network of pipes in underground rock formations. The fluid circulating in the pipes absorbs the heat from the surrounding rock and transports it to a heat exchanger on the surface for use. Unlike conventional geothermal methods, no thermal water is required. According to Eavor, the technology is scalable and can be used in various types of geological structures.
A plant with a thermal output of 64 MW and around 8.2 MW of electrical output is planned at the Geretsried site.
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