Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by janandonly » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC

Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy
schweizerbart.de

Re: Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by markkitti » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC

They found some potential geothermal wells near where they were previously mining.

Re: Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by causal » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

markkitti wrote: post #2

They found some potential geothermal wells near where they were previously mining.

Yeah title is way off lol

Re: Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by lantry » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC

Title makes it sound like a new method of generating energy was discovered, but really the article is about using geothermal in a new location.

> The development of medium-deep (>400 m) and deep geothermal reservoirs (> 1,500 m) could be a partial solution to provide renewable heat to single buildings, residential or commercial neighbourhoods, or districts of the city of Aachen via the existing district heating network.

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Post by mtoner23 » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC

Hopefully Germany doesn't ban geothermal like they did with nuclear and fracking

Re: Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by skimmed » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

mtoner23 wrote: post #5

Hopefully Germany doesn't ban geothermal like they did with nuclear and fracking

Putting nuclear and fracking on the same level is wild.

Re: Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by dyauspitr » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

mtoner23 wrote: post #5

Hopefully Germany doesn't ban geothermal like they did with nuclear and fracking

Fracking is not like nuclear

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Post by Kichererbsen » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

skimmed wrote: post #6

mtoner23 wrote: post #5

Hopefully Germany doesn't ban geothermal like they did with nuclear and fracking

Putting nuclear and fracking on the same level is wild.

Putting nuclear and fracking next to each other is also wild. Geographically.

Re: Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by nkmnz » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC

dyauspitr wrote: post #7

mtoner23 wrote: post #5

Hopefully Germany doesn't ban geothermal like they did with nuclear and fracking

Fracking is not like nuclear

But they were cancelled for similar reasons based on fears fueled by Russian propaganda.

Re: Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy

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Post by froh42 » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:19 PM UTC

lantry wrote: post #4

Title makes it sound like a new method of generating energy was discovered, but really the article is about using geothermal in a new location. > The development of medium-deep (>400 m) and deep geothermal reservoirs (> 1,500 m) could be a partial solution to provide renewable heat to single buildings, residential or commercial neighbourhoods, or districts of the city of Aachen via the existing district heating netwo…

Ta-daa. That happens. They found some new geothermal source in Munich as well after I moved into the place I'm in now. It turned out it was very viable.

Nowadays the heat in my apartment is mainly geothermal (The district heating network in my neighborhood has been converted to geothermal energy over the past 10 years.)