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Jan Wildeboer 馃樂:krulorange: @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

In #Munich, you might see (and hear, feel) this weird machine, making weird vibration and sound sweeps. This is part of the Giga-M project. Its goal is to create a detailed 3D map of the underground in Munich and surrounding areas (in total 1100 square kilometres) that will be made available as #OpenData to assist in planning geothermic plants. Switching away from fossil fuel for heating. Impressive!

giga-m.de (in German)

#Geothermic #Vibroseis #Research

A so-called Vibro Truck. A heavy metal plate is lowered to the ground and a vibration sweep is initiated. Thousands of probes are distributed all over the city that receive these sweeps, allowing to create a detailed 3D map of the underground, showing potential hot water streams that can be used for geothermics. Picture by Robert Haas

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Jan Wildeboer 馃樂:krulorange: @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

@nemobis But you are right. The main focus is better data for district heating based on deep geothermics. But who knows what creative minds will *also* do with this data. That is is also part of the plan. Collect the data on a big area, make it available and see what happens beyond the basic goals. This is an approach that creates new possibilities. Public money well spent, in my opinion!

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Nemo_bis 馃寛 @nemobis@mamot.fr

@jwildeboer This is mainly for district heating, right? Are they still looking for underground water basins for plants similar to that in Freiham?

bayern-innovativ.de/en/emagazi
geothermalstories.org/stories1

It's difficult to find appropriate locations for bigger plants, makes sense to invest on mapping. Open data should help smaller plants and competitors too.

#ClimateChange #EnergyCrisis

Munich aims for 62 percent district heating share The city and M眉nchner Stadtwerke have presented the "first version" of the heat planning. Deep geothermal energy plays a central role. Read more!

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Jan Wildeboer 馃樂:krulorange: @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

@nemobis The mapping is the main goal. With detailed mapping and making the resulting data openly available, the hope is that companies and local councils can reduce investment risks and also cooperate to find out how facilities in proximity interact with the deep geothermics. It's a more holistic approach to deliver ongoing research for better geothermics :)

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