GEOHELBRA - Study
Schmid-Schacht-Museum, photo: H. Zobel /
Heat supply / cooling of selected buildings in the municipality of Helbra through the geothermal use of the Schlüsselstollen in the area of the filling site of the former Schmid shaft Helbra
The objectives of the GEOHELBRA study are scientific investigations into the economic utilization of the geothermal potential available in the Helbra region for the generation of heat and cold and its suitability as a thermal energy storage facility.
Over the entire period of historical copper slate mining in the region, considerable interventions were made in the surface and underground water balance. Underground tunnel systems from the old mining operations for dewatering the copper deposits are still present and functional today and are used as horizontal connections to the surface, the mouth of the tunnel.
A permanent technical solution for the geothermal use of the underground mine water from the Schlüsselstollen and Froschmühlenstollen mines is to be investigated and developed for the heating and cooling of initially four selected local authority properties in the municipality of Mansfelder Grund-Helbra in the area of the preserved Schmid-Schacht Helbra mine.
Expansion options for further consumer projects in the municipality of Helbra have already been proposed and will be investigated in the medium term as part of the municipal heating planning tasks.
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