德国图林根州埃尔福特市计划开发其地热供暖潜力，当地公用事业公司StadtwerkeErfurt宣布。为此，该公司已向德国经济部申请资金，用于钻探一口深度约4500米的勘探井。

该井计划在埃尔福特市东北部附近的一座燃气和蒸汽轮机发电厂附近钻探。据StadtwerkeErfurt的总经理Karel Schweng表示，钻探的目标是探索埃尔福特市下方的花岗岩基岩是否适合深层地热能源。该公司估计钻探成本约为4000万欧元。

市长AndreasBausewein对埃尔福特市的地热勘探表示支持，“如果成功，我们可以利用脚下几乎取之不尽的能源来满足我们大部分的供热需求。”据估计，地热能源可以为埃尔福特市的超过40,000套公寓提供供热。

如果融资申请得到澄清，该公司表示在结果可用并且计划可以实施之前可能需要两年时间。

图林根州尚未有任何实质性的地热开发。去年GFZ波茨坦进行的一项热流数据研究表明，图林根州是德国缺乏良好热流数据的地区之一。

来源：SueddeutscheZeitung

Thecity of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany is planning to explore its geothermal heating potential, according to an announcement made by local utility StadtwerkeErfurt.To this end, the utility has applied for funding from the Federal Ministry of Economics for the drilling of an exploratory borehole to a depth of around 4500 meters.

Theborehole is planned to be drilled northeast of Erfurt, near a gas and steam turbine power plant According to Karel  Schweng, Managing Director at Stadtwerke Erfurt, the goal for the drilling would be to explore if the granite base underneath Erfurt is a suitable host for deep geothermal energy. The utility estimates that the drilling will cost around EUR 40 million.

MayorAndreas Bausewein expressed support for geothermal exploration in Erfurt, “If it succeeds, we can cover large parts of our heat supply with the almost inexhaustible energy under our feet.” It has been estimated that geothermal heat can supply more than 40,000 apartments in Erfurt.

Ifthe financing application is clarified, the utility says that it will probably take two years before the results become available and the plans can be implemented.

Therehas not been any substantial geothermal developments in the state of Thuringia.A heat flow data study done by GFZ Potsdamlast year indicates that Thuringia is one of the regions in Germany that lack good heat flow data.

Source:SueddeutscheZeitung