Source: Energy & Management Powernews, March 22, 2022
The geothermal portal "GeotIS" now also contains data on medium-depth geothermal energy, which is particularly significant for geothermal projects in municipalities.
On the "Geothermal Information System - short GeotIS" of the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (Liag) will be available in the future also data on medium-depth geothermal energy. In the project "ArtemIS", Liag, the Georg-August-University Göttingen and the Technical University Darmstadt GeotIS complement the platform accordingly. The e-learning offer will also be expanded, Liag announced on March 21.
With the joint project ArtemIS, the cooperation partners want to support municipal decision-makers and project ideas with data and information about the potential of deep and medium-deep geothermal energy in the context of a heat turnaround. The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWK) is funding the project with around two million euros.
Among other things, the researchers plan to prepare data for all types of geothermal reservoirs found in Germany in order to provide regional information on the best possible uses - such as use in the form of district heating. To this end, the researchers aim to generate hypothetical 3-D subsurface models that cover a wide range of geological frameworks.
Another important part of the project involves acquiring and adapting verified artificial intelligence and deep learning methods for drilling data acquisition and analysis. This is intended to reduce the amount of work required to develop well data in the long term. The goal is also to further expand the existing first interactive e-learning portal for deep geothermal energy, and to extend it with medium-depth geothermal energy.
Liag built the portal because geothermal energy is of great importance for the heat transition in Germany. The Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, based in Hanover, is an independent, non-university research institution. The research focus lies in the exploration of the usable subsurface as well as in the development of measurement and evaluation methods.
The geothermal information system can be accessed via geotis.de.
Author: Heidi Roider
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