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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Geothermal Energy and Mine Water

Time:

Tuesday, 08/July/2025:

11:20am - 1:00pm

Location: A4

Buildind 1 - CP1, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Presentations

Comparison of Optimised Models for the Investigation of Heating Potentials in Abandoned Mines Using Mine Water

Tom Ebel, Willi Krause, Aline Jünger, Lukas Oppelt, Timm Wunderlich, Fritz Raithel, Thomas Grab, Tobias Fieback

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Influence of Mine Geometry and Working Type on Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport for Geothermal Exploitation

Andres Gonzalez Quiros¹, Mylene Receveur¹, Alison Monaghan¹, Vanessa Starcher¹, Kyle Walker-Verkuil¹, Jeroen van Hunen²

¹British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; ²Durham University, Durham, England, UK

Occurring challenges in the development process of geothermal mine water projects and possible solutions

Kevin Mannke, Florian Hahn, René Verhoeven, Stefan Klein, Jonas Enno Lehmann

Fraunhofer IEG, Germany

Feasibility study: Geothermal local heating with mine water for the foreseen development area Richtericher-Dell in Aachen, Germany

Florian Hahn¹, Stefan Klein¹, René Verhoeven¹, Kevin Mannke¹, Marco Braun²

¹Fraunhofer IEG; ²STAWAG

Challenges and Opportunities for High-Temperature Mine Thermal Energy Storage with Focus on Regulatory Barriers for Implementation

Andres Gonzalez Quiros¹, Margaret Stewart¹, Thomas Olver², Stefan Klein³, Elke Mugova³, Corinna Abesser⁴

¹British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²Geothermal Engineering Ltd., Cornwall, United Kingdom; ³Fraunhoffer IEG, Bochum, Germany; ⁴British Geological Survey, Keyworth, United Kingdom