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Weaker utilization of refineries in 2021 compared with the previous year

At 86.9 percent, capacity utilization at oil-processing plants in Germany at the end of the year was significantly higher than the previous year's figure (75.5 percent). This is the result of an evaluation by the en2x Fuels and Energy Business Association. The general market situation at the end of ...

Deep geothermal energy to tap huge heat potentials

Around 56 percent of Germany's energy needs are met by the heating sector. However, only 15 percent of this is based on renewable energy sources. In a joint roadmap, researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the Helmholtz Association have developed deep geothermal ...

Reallabor IW3: Hamburger Energiewerke start geothermal drilling operations

In Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg Energiewende have started drilling for the planned geothermal energy production. This means that the first work is now underway on the geothermal project, which will be completed by 2024. Then, with a capacity of 10 MW, around 5,000 households in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg will be supplied with green heat ...