Research projects

Research projects

Ongoing Projects


  • TEN.efzn - Geoenergie-systeme - until 09/2029
    “Powerhouse efzn” funding line – Research Platform Geoenergy Systems, Innovation Areas II.1 and II.2 (Geothermal Energy and Thermal Storage) as well as III.3 and III.4 (Operation and Optimization), with the topic GeoSolie: Regeneration of geothermal systems through seasonal solar-thermal storage: Assessment of utilization potentials and seasonal heat demand for a sustainable heat supply in Lower Saxony(Funding: MWK - Volkswagenstiftung: Wissenschaft und Technik in Forschung und Lehre aus Mitteln des Programms „zukunft.niedersachsen“)
  • DEKAPALATIN-BERTHA - until 01/2029
    Joint Project: Decarbonization of Heating Networks for the Provision of Industrial Process Heat and Municipal District Heating at the Pilot Site Wörth am Rhein through the Use of Deep Geothermal Energy; Phase I: Conceptual Design, Exploration, and Development of Deep Geothermal Energy in a Real-World Laboratory for the Integrated Heat Transition at the Model Site Wörth am Rhein; Subproject: Cross-scale thermo-hydraulic modeling, scientific logging, core drilling, and potential analysis (Funding: BMWE)
  • WärmeGut - until 05/2027
    Flanking of the geothermal heat pump rollouts for the sustainable thermal transition by means of federal, uniformly provision of geoinformatics on near-surface geothermics in Germany, Subproject C: Overall management, hydrogeology, geohydraulics, publics relations (Funding: BMWE)


  • Completed Projects


    • ArtemIS - 01/2021 to 08/2025
      Expansion of the geothermal information systems GeotIS into an internet portal for the sustainable thermal transition in Germany, Subproject C: Internationalization, knowledge transfer and energy statistics (Funding: BMWE)
    • mesoTherm - 04/2020 to 12/2024
      Exploration and exploitation of medium-deep hydrothermal reservoires – a contribution to the heat transition in North Germany, including accompanying research on deep drilling in the North German Basin, Location Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg (Funding: BMWi)
    • Bayernwerk Natur GmbH - 05/2024 to 10/2024
      Expert Statement on the Current Heat Mining Assessment for the Poing Geothermal Project (Funding: Bayernwerk Natur GmbH)
    • GöMith - 01/2022 to 12/2022
      Additional project MEET – Expansion of the demo site Göttingen from the campus to the urban area of Göttingen by the analysis of the geological conditions for the use of energy from medium-deep geothermics (Funding: Stadtwerke Göttingen)
    • Gemeinde Rüdersdorf bei Berlin - 12/2021 to 03/2022
      Baseline Assessment of the Geothermal Utilization Potential in the Municipality of Rüdersdorf (Funding: Gemeinde Rüdersdorf)
    • Gemeinde Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn - 10/2021 to 12/2021
      Baseline Assessment of the Geothermal Utilization Potential East of the Municipal Area of Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn (Funding: Gemeinde Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)
    • GeoLux - 07/2020 to 10/2021
      Investigation of the geothermal potential of Luxembourg by quantitative methods (Funding: myEnergy Luxembourg)