Author: Danielle van Duin
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Empowering local engagement: how can we step in the shoes of our neighbours?
In September, during the PUSH-IT General Assembly in Darmstadt, project members participated in a workshop on local stakeholder engagement and communication. The workshop encouraged participants to step into the shoes of a local citizen. The goal was to help project members refine their approach to communicating with the stakeholders impacted by their work.
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Research borehole for ATES successfully completed in Berlin Adlershof
Our team from the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, led by Stefan Kranz and Katrin Kieling, drilled a 410 m deep research well to investigate whether the Hettang sandstones at the Berlin Adlershof site are suitable for an ATES system that should be implemented in the existing district heating network.
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Bochum demo site begins drilling and testing operations
After several months of technical and legal preparations, F-IEG started fieldwork in September 2024 to test and further develop MTES technology beneath the Ruhr University’s (RUB) technical center.
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PUSH-IT members gathers in Darmstadt to discuss the project’s progress
Last week, the PUSH-IT project team met for two days at TU Darmstadt, Germany, to review what’s been accomplished so far and plan the next steps for the project. With the project now almost halfway through its four-year timeline, it was the perfect moment to reflect on progress and explore ways to keep pushing the project forward.
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Recent sampling missions for water quality analysis
As part of PUSH IT’s Work Package Task 3.3, focused on microbiology, BRGM has conducted several sampling missions over the past two months.
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Meet the scientist – Annick Loschetter (BRGM)
In this edition of Meet the Scientist we interview Annick Loschetter, research engineer at BRGM (French Geological Survey). Annick focusses on researching water quality within the PUSH-IT project.
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Crucial workover completed at Berlin’s ATES site
Between April 15th and 17th 2024, new developments took place at the ATES site in Berlin Adlershof. Our team tackled some operational challenges within the research well and performed a workover. This intervention was necessary due to a previous issue related to a faulty cementing process during the installation of the well in 2022.
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Understanding the social aspects of geothermal energy
Last month, PUSH-IT organised a webinar for project members, featuring Daniëlle van Duin from Polycentric, who provided valuable insights into societal engagement in geothermal projects.
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Pilot drilling at the Litoměřice site has started!
The long awaited drilling of two research wells began last week in Litoměřice, starting with the core well of 550 meters deep. Litoměřice belongs to one of the six pilot sites in Europe where research on the use of the underground for seasonal thermal energy storage is being carried out.
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Meet the scientist – Florian Hahn (Fraunhofer IEG)
Welcome to our new series, “Meet the Scientist,” where we dive deep into the research and personal background of the scientists working on the PUSH-IT project.