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Read the latest news, updates and stories about the developments in the PUSH-IT project on underground thermal energy storage.
June 6, 2024
News
Research
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.
May 29, 2024
Research
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.
May 24, 2024
Engagement
Highlights from the Mine Water Geothermal Energy Symposium
PUSH-IT representatives attended the IEA Geothermal 2024 Mine Water Geothermal Energy Symposium, which brought together international participants to share case studies of mine water heating projects as well as developments in mine thermal energy storage (MTES).
May 16, 2024
Development & Realisation
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.
May 8, 2024
Governance
Recap: check out what PUSH-IT presented at EGU Vienna 2024
EGU Vienna, the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union, welcomed 20,000 attendees – including many PUSH-IT members.
They contributed to multiple of the hundreds of sessions. See the overview in this post to learn more about our conference contributions!
May 2, 2024
Governance
Governance and regulation for heat storage
For technologies operating in the subsurface living environment, an appropriate regulatory framework is fundamental to protect the common interests of all users and prevent negative impacts on the environment. We aim to understand if and how this new technology is incorporated in existing regulations and if or where regulation may create barriers for widespread technology deployment.
April 18, 2024
Development & Realisation
Drilling started for the exploratory well for underground heat storage in Delft!
Ready for take-off! At TU Delft Campus we just started drilling the exploratory well for the underground heat storage. Site lead Martin Bloemendal: “The technology is ready, we now want to demonstrate it to be both feasible and economically viable. It’s truly pioneering.”
April 9, 2024
Research
Meet VITO: How can we achieve smart control of heat networks?
Let us introduce you to our partner VITO, which focuses on how we can achieve smart control of heat networks to optimally integrate heat storage in the network.
March 28, 2024
PUSH-IT is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101096566.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
