DMT is carrying out a 2D survey to analyse the potential of geothermal energy in Hagen, Germany.
DMT is carrying out a 2D survey to analyse the potential of geothermal energy in Hagen, Germany.
Two seismic profile lines, each 11 km long, have been measured in the urban areas of Hagen, Dortmund, Herdecke and Schwerte on behalf of Kabel Premium Pulp & Paper from Hagen, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructure and Geothermal Energy IEG.
The aim is to find out whether the location in Hagen is suitable for using geothermal energy at a depth of 4000 m both technically and economically. Kabel Premium has set itself the goal of covering large parts of its process steam generation – currently around 500,000 MWh annually on the basis of natural gas – with renewable energies.
The first profile line runs from the northeast to the southwest, for the most part on the A1 motorway (Schwerte driveway to the Eichenkamp rest area), the second profile line extends from Schwerte-Ergste in the southeast via Dortmund-Syburg and Herdecke to Dortmund-Kirchhörde in the northwest.
A few days before the measuring vehicles left the route on 20 February, geoscientists distributed the geophones along the route. The geophones were collected on 24 February.
The research project and the seismic investigation are funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Union.
Find out more at: https://www.kabelpaper.de/kabel-zero.
