Geothermal energy is a key tool for reaching climate neutrality and could cover 40 percent of Germany’s heating needs, the head of the country’s geothermal association said. « Geothermal energy is indispensable as a building block on the path to the heat transition, » Helge-Uve Braun told an industry congress in Essen, news agency dpa reports in an article published by Zeit Online. He called for obstacles blocking geothermal expansion to be removed and for approval procedures to be accelerated, adding that obtaining permits can require eight to ten years in some cases. Braun also called for a state-subsidised insurance policy to cover the financial risks of projects.
The potential of geothermal energy generation for heating has so far been under-utilised in Germany. Deep geothermal energy could cover […]
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