Geothermal energy in Germany is mainly used for heating. For several years, can also generate electricity from power plants. So far, developed the geothermal energy in Germany, slower than expected in the coming years is to multiply the quantity of electricity and heat.
The third and currently the largest geothermal plant, which also generates electricity, was inaugurated in 2009 in Unterhaching, near Munich. In the years before the plant had already been fed into the local district heating network, came to these 31 megawatts of heat now 3.4 megawatts of electricity.
The first German geothermal power plant is working since 2003 with an electrical output of 250 kilowatts in Neustadt-Glewe in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rhineland-Palatinate in 2007 was a three-Landau-megawatt plant.
As the Federal Ministry of Environment finds that the market been slower than expected, partly because of the high initial costs and risks of deep drilling. Currently there are more projects to generate electricity and heat in the building. The intended goal: By 2020, the vervierzigfachen the current performance of deep geothermal plants at 280 megawatts. 1.8 billion kilowatt hours of electricity will be produced and 8.2 billion kilowatt hours of heat. Continue reading →