Assessment of hydrochemical and temperature measurements H. Bishop (GSI), 20 September 2021 Cork City is in the southwest of Ireland in the province of Munster. The city centre is located between two river channels that meet downstream at the easternRead more
Field work
MUSE pilot area activities – RESULTS – #10 Bratislava
Assessment of groundwater temperature measurements in an urbanized area R. Cernak (SGIDS), 30 August 2021 Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Malé Karpaty Mts. sitting on both banks of the river Danube. It is a mainRead more
MUSE pilot area activities – RESULTS – #1 Ljubljana
Eventful hydrogeological investigations Mitja Janza (GeoZS), 25 March 2021 Goals and results of the field measurements Aim of the hydrogeological investigations was to estimate the geothermal potential of the open-loop system that is planned for the heating of a primaryRead more
Pilot area activities – #12 Thermal groundwater use in the urbanized area of Zagreb, Croatia
Stasa Borovic, 14 April 2020 Groundwater temperature monitoring of two open loop systems Zagreb is the capital of Croatia, and by far the largest urban agglomeration in the country (≈800 000 inhabitants). The city area can be divided into alluvialRead more
Pilot area activities – #9 Geological and Hydrogeological surveys in Cardiff, UK
David Boon, 2 March 2020 Field surveys for promoting sustainable geothermal energy use The decarbonisation of urban heating using ground source heat pumps will require significant deployments of shallow geothermal technologies including vertical closed loop (borehole heat exchangers) and openRead more
Pilot area activities – #8 Hydrogeological and geothermal surveys in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mitja Janza, 18 February 2020 Installation of new monitoring networks to assess shallow geothermal energy resources Geological Survey of Slovenia (GeoZS) has established continuous measurements of groundwater level, temperature and electrical conductivity in 15 observation wells in the area ofRead more
Pilot area activities – #4 Geothermal data collection in Cork City, Ireland
Taly Hunter Williams, 19 December 2019 Gathering geochemical and temperature measurements from aquifers in Cork City with the aim to identify potential shallow geothermal energy resources Geological Survey Ireland conducted a groundwater investigation in Cork City (25-28 November 2019) toRead more
Pilot area activities – #3 Groundwater monitoring in Zaragoza, Spain
Alejandro Garcia Gil, 10 December 2019 New campaign to measure depth of water level and groundwater temperatures in the city The Geological Survey of Spain established a new measurement campaign to monitor the groundwater in the city of Zaragoza. TheRead more
Natural carbon dioxide emissions as mofettes in Slovenia
Natural CO2 springs and mineral water springs are frequent only in north-east Slovenia. They occur mainly in the alluvial valleys of the Slovenske gorice hills area, at elevation between 200 and 300 m a.s.l. but their number is not unified.Read more
Pilot area activities – #2 Geological and geophysical surveys in Linköping, Sweden
Mikael Erlstroem, 20 November 2019 Field measurements for a High Temperature Energy Storage site (H-BTES) Many feasibility studies, including investigations of the geological conditions, are presently performed for a large-scale energy storage in Linköping. The planned storage will consist ofRead more
Pilot area activities – #1 Groundwater monitoring in Vienna, Austria
Cornelia Steiner, 4 November 2019 Launch of groundwater temperature and level measurements The Geological Survey of Austria (GBA) developed a data logger to measure water level and groundwater temperature in multiple depth levels and to store the data on-site. SuchRead more