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Using geothermal energy for heating: quickly check if it works in your region
The ‘WärmeGut’ project supplies maps using a traffic light system to give users a quick overview as to whether their region is suitable for the use of near-surface geothermal energy. A click to your region will give you one of the following results:
- Green: Geothermal energy can be used without limitations.
- Amber: Usable with limitations.
- Red: Use of geothermal energy currently not recommended.
Prof. Inga Moeck from the LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics highlights the project’s importance for promoting the use of near-surface geothermal energy. The maps are based on data supplied by the geological services of the Länder. The maps for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein are already available online. At present, the researchers on the ‘WärmeGut’ project are working together with all Länder to draw up the missing maps.
To watch the video on the YouTube channel, please click here (German subtitles only)