Category: news
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Understanding the social aspects of geothermal energy
Last month, PUSH-IT organised a webinar for project members, featuring Daniëlle van Duin from Polycentric, who provided valuable insights into societal engagement in geothermal projects.
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Meet the partner – Utrecht University
Let us introduce you to our partner Utrecht University, which focuses on reducing the costs of heat storage in PUSH-IT. Dr. Wen Liu is assistant professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University. This is a scientific institute for sustainability research and education. “We contribute to the transition to a sustainable society through research that is both scientifically excellent and societally relevant.”
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Meet the scientist – Melanie Rohse (Anglia Ruskin University)
In this edition of Meet the Scientist we interview Mel Rohse, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Sustainability Institute (Anglia Ruskin University). Mel focuses on societal engagement within the PUSH-IT project. “Our societal engagement work matters because people matter!”
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Pilot drilling at the Litoměřice site has started!
The long awaited drilling of two research wells began last week in Litoměřice, starting with the core well of 550 meters deep. Litoměřice belongs to one of the six pilot sites in Europe where research on the use of the underground for seasonal thermal energy storage is being carried out.
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Exploring Microbial Diversity: Water Quality Research at the Delft ATES pilot site
How does underground thermal energy storage influence microbial diversity? This is one of the topics being researched using water quality sampling. Maud Watkinson and Sylvain Stephant, researchers at French Geological Survey (BRGM), recently visited the PUSH-IT pilot site in Delft to tackle this question.
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Happy 2024! What are the New Year’s resolutions of PUSH-IT?
This year we will see many new developments in the PUSH-IT project. We have asked the leads of the pilot sites to reflect on the first year of the project and to share their New Year’s resolutions.
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Why do we need underground heat storage?
There is a high heat demand in winter, while we produce heat that is not used in summer. We call this the seasonal mismatch in heat supply and demand.
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Recap: General Assembly in Czechia
How can we collaborate to overcome the seasonal mismatch between heat demand and heat production using underground heat storage? This was the main question we addressed in Prague and Litomĕřice during the PUSH-IT General Assembly.
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Meet the scientist – Florian Hahn (Fraunhofer IEG)
Welcome to our new series, “Meet the Scientist,” where we dive deep into the research and personal background of the scientists working on the PUSH-IT project.
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TU Delft students visiting the Litoměřice follower site
Five master students from TU Delft had the opportunity to work on a multidisciplinary geothermal project at the Litoměřice follower site, hosted by Charles University in Prague.