Assessment of deep geothermal research and development in the Upper Rhine Graben

Frey, Matthis; Bär, Kristian; Stober, Ingrid; Reinecker, John; van der Vaart, Jeroen; Sass, Ingo

doi:10.1186/s40517-022-00226-2

Geothermal Energy

Science – Society – Technology

Table 1 Summary of the major deep geothermal projects with drilled wells in the URG in 2020

From: Assessment of deep geothermal research and development in the Upper Rhine Graben

Project location	Status	Target reservoir	Number of wells	Year of drilling	Max. depth TVD [m]	Max. temp [°C]	Power generation [MW]		References
Project location	Status	Target reservoir	Number of wells	Year of drilling	Max. depth TVD [m]	Max. temp [°C]	Thermal	Electrical	References
Basel	Discontinued	Basement	1	2006	4992	190	–	–	Häring et al. (2008), Ladner et al. (2008)
Bellheim	Abandoned	Muschelkalk	1	2005–2006	2606	–	–	–	Internal reports
Bruchsal	In operation	Buntsandstein, Rotliegend	2	1983–1985	2542	123	5.5	0.55	Bertleff et al. (1988), Rettenmaier et al. (2013), Herzberger et al. (2010)
Brühl	Discontinued	Buntsandstein	1	2012–2013	3281	153	–	–	Reinecker et al. (2015)
Bühl	Abandoned	Dogger, Keuper, Basement	1	1979–1980	2699	120	–	–	Bertleff et al. (1988), Pauwels et al. (1993)
Cronenbourg	Abandoned	Buntsandstein	1	1980	2870	140	–	–	Housse (1984), Pauwels et al. (1993), Vidal and Genter (2018)
Illkirch	In implementation	Basement	1	2018–2019	3400	150	–	–	https://www.geothermie-illkirch.es.fr/le-projet/
Insheim	In operation	Muschelkalk to Basement	2	2008 -2010	3750	165	–	4.8	Baumgärtner et al. (2013)
Landau	In operation	Buntsandstein to Basement	2	2005–2006	3256	159	6	3.8	Teza et al. (2008), Schindler et al. (2010)
Offenbach a. d. Queich	Discontinued	Muschelkalk, Buntsandstein	1	2004	2732	–	–	–	Internal reports
Riehen	In operation	Muschelkalk	2	1988	1550	65	5.25	–	Bertleff et al. (1988), Hauber (1993), Mégel and Rybach (2000), Klingler (2010)
Rittershoffen	In operation	Buntsandstein, Basement	2	2012, 2014	2750	170	24	–	Baujard et al. (2017), Mouchot et al. (2018), Duringer et al. (2019)
Soultz-sous Forêts	In operation	Basement	3 + 2	1987–2003	5260	170	-	1.7	Dezayes et al (2005a), Cuenot et al. (2008), Schill et al. (2017), etc.
Speyer	Oil found	Buntsandstein, Rotliegend	1	2004	?	?	–	–	Internal reports
Trebur	Discontinued	Rotliegend	1	2016	3697	–	–	–	Internal reports
Vendenheim	Discontinued	Basement	2	2017–2019	5393 MD	200	–	–	Boissavy et al. (2019), Sanjuan et al. (2021), Schmittbuhl et al. (2021)
Weinheim	In operation	Hydrobia Beds (Tertiary)	2	2006	1145	65	?	–	Internal reports

Wells for mainly balneological purposes are not included, except for the project in Weinheim where a geothermal doublet was installed

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