Month: November 2026

Mine water for the heat transition – Fraunhofer IEG successfully drills into a mine at a depth of 120 metres

Former mines could in future make an important contribution to the heating and cooling of residential and commercial buildings. Fraunhofer IEG, Bochum/Germany has now successfully completed four boreholes in a former, now flooded hard coal mine in Bochum as part of the EU PUSH-IT project. Using its mobile drilling rig…

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