Ernst Karl Huenges

Biography:

Head of Section Geoenergy with ~ 70 employees at Helmholtz Center Potsdam GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences: Research on domestic heat sources and sinks for a sustainable urban energy supply and development of options for underground energy provision and storage, Spokesman of the Helmholtz topic Geothermal Energy Systems which includes contributions from 3 Helmholtz institutes, Coordinating international projects with about 40 partner institutes and companies in Europe, and Representing the GFZ in the Management Board of the Helmholtz research field energy and Representing the GFZ in the Board of Directors of the FVEE

Title of the talk:

Geothermal heat supply for city quarters

Talk Abstract:

The talk is motivated by the clean energy transition across all sectors of renewable energy with deep focus on geothermal heat and in comparison to conventional energies. Solutions will be derived from researching interfaces of sectors, e.g. in energy heat and electricity. City quarters may be ideal sized demonstrators to bring together energy sources and sinks, information technologies, and social embedment. This requires stepwise approaches with broad public involvement

Keywords:

Geothermal Energy, Exploration, Access and Engineering of Innercity Geothermal Reservoirs, Integration of Low Temperature Heat into the Energy Supply System, Heat Supply for City Quarters, District Heating Systems