Beginning of the project
Beginning of the project
Pilot Project Unterhaching
Project Initiation/
Project Conception
Project Conception
Production Well
Reinjection Well
Power Generation Plant
Thermal Water Circulation
Heat Plant/District
heating network
heating network
- Insurance for Geological Risks related to Geothermal Drilling
Under the conceptual guidance of Rödl & Partner it was managed for the first time ever to develop a sustainable concept for a private enterprise insurance agreement. Thus, in November 2003 the insurance contract could be signed - Financing/Subsidies
The task of project management is the creation of a detailed listing of all instruments for financing that can be considered. In Unterhaching, the financing concept comprises self-financing from budget funds and furthermore, besides classical financing instruments, the application of funds. - Due to the pilot character of the project the “Geothermie Unterhaching GmbH & Co KG” decided to apply for funds of the program “Förderung von Demonstrationsvorhaben” (Promotion of Demonstration Projects), which are provided by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety by means of the KfW banking group.
The complete application for the appropriation was designed and created by Rödl & Partner. By means of the importance of geothermal energy as a new powerful energy source for Germany the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety corresponded to the project application to the greatest possible extent and granted funds of up to 4.8 million Euro. During the course of the project, a further 2 million Euro of funds could be obtained.
This project is exceptionally innovative and pioneering for a number of reasons:
- For the first time, the Molasse Basin in Southern Germany is to be tapped for geothermal electricity production.
- For the first time in Germany, the power generating technology known as the KALINA-process is to be used on an industrial scale.
- For the first time in the Molasse Basin thermal drilling is producing a yield of up to 150 l/second.
- For the first time, an underwater pump in this dimension (122°C, 150 l/s) will be installed in a borehole.
- For the first time in the Molasse Basin a thermal drilling reached a depth of approx. 3,350 m.