Utrecht heat source

There are plenty of opportunities in the Utrecht region to make an important contribution to making the energy supply more sustainable and thus achieving the climate goals. A planned research drill for the national program SCAN by EBN east of the city of Utrecht is interesting for future developments. Unfortunately, the LEAN and GOLD research projects have recently ended, but the experience, knowledge and relationships that have been built up are being used for future developments.

In September 2021, it was decided to launch the research project LEAN unsustainable and followed the same decision to develop the UDG project GOLD in December. Both studies into Utrecht geothermal energy have provided a wealth of valuable knowledge that was previously unavailable. New initiatives can build on this. In contrast to other regions in the Netherlands where the oil and gas industry has a lot of knowledge about the subsoil, the province of Utrecht was still one of the white spots. We now have a better idea of what is under our feet here at what depth.

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