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Aquifer thermal energy storage

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Looking ahead
Futures studies and response strategies
PUSH-IT: demonstration and development of seasonal underground heat storage systems

The EU aims to become carbon neutral by 2050. Large-scale seasonal underground heat storage has an important part to play in meeting this objective, because heating and cooling…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Q&A, Aquathermal and Thermal Energy from Drinking water (TED)

Aquathermal energy is a relatively new subject. This Q&A has been drawn up as a guide to the most frequently asked questions about Aquathermal Energy, and specifically Thermal…

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Sustainable energy
COHEASY: flexibility to balance energy production and consumption

A mismatch between energy production and consumption can lead to a surplus of renewable energy on the electricity grid (congestion) at one moment and an increase in the…

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Enabling technologies
New materials and technologies
Reliable and affordable backfilling of boreholes in closed thermal energy systems

Thermal energy is an important technique in the heat transition. Its use can therefore be expected to increase very rapidly in the decades ahead. The installation of closed…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
HEATSTORE

The HEATSTORE project is an European project aimed at making technologies for the subsurface seasonal storage of sustainable heat ready for market uptake. With 23 European parties from nine countries the deployment is Europe-wide. In six demonstration…

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Sustainability
Sustainable energy
Increased density of geothermal energy systems for greater CO2 reduction

To limit the extent of climate change, the Dutch government has signed agreements to cut back CO2 emissions in the Netherlands (UN, 2015). Geothermal energy is one of…

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Enabling technologies
Innovative water treatment technologies
Transition to increased storage temperature at Koppert Cress open thermal energy system

Open-loop aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is a technique in which groundwater in the subsurface is used for the temporary storage of heat and/or cold surpluses. Since about…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Power to X

In the future our energy supply will have to be renewable, but also reliable and affordable. In Nieuwegein we will be making a contribution to meeting this challenge through the realisation of a unique project: Power to…

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Experts

Lennart Brokx MSc
Scientific researcher
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Lennart Brokx MSc

Scientific researcher

Lennart Brokx is a researcher in the Geohydrology team. In 2020 he graduated as a hydrologist/geohydrologist from Utrecht University. In the last phase of his MSc, he wrote his thesis…

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Gilian Schout PhD
Scientific researcher
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Gilian Schout PhD

Scientific researcher

Gilian Schout strives in his research in the Hydrogeology team to find sustainable solutions in geohydrochemically demanding projects. He is experienced in environmental geochemistry, which includes the use of isotope…

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gilian.schout@kwrwater.nl

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Stijn Beernink MSc
Scientific researcher
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Stijn Beernink MSc

Scientific researcher

Stijn Beernink is a researcher on the Geohydrology team. He works on different geohydrological questions, with a special interest in aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES), high temperature storage (HTO), and…

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stijn.beernink@kwrwater.nl

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Niels Hartog PhD
Principal scientist
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Niels Hartog PhD

Principal scientist

Dr. Niels Hartog's research focuses on the sustainable use and improvement of the quality of groundwater and the use of the subsurface as a sustainable source and storage of water…

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niels.hartog@kwrwater.nl

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Nikki van Bel PhD
Scientific researcher
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Nikki van Bel PhD

Scientific researcher

Nikki van Bel is a medior scientific researcher in the field of microbiological water quality and health, and has almost ten years' experience in microbiology. Nikki did her doctoral research…

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News

Blog

Intensive interest in final results of Koppert-Cress Project

15 May 2023 — It was late 2019 when we completed the project “transforming ates to ht-ates, and environmental management strategies”. Unfortunately,…

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20 million euro grant for European PUSH-IT project

06 September 2022 — Horizon Europe, the European Commission’s funding instrument for scientific research, recently granted €20 million to the PUSH-IT project.…

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Latest research on the application, improvement and impact of HT-ATES systems

18 July 2022 — KWR was well represented at the conference. Martin Bloemendal was involved in the organisation and chaired the Underground…

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Shaping the research agenda for ATES and BTES towards 2030

20 June 2022 — During the European Shallow Geothermal days, experts on ATES and BHE systems and EU policy makers from across…

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Geothermal energy and thermal energy storage: a winning combination!?

22 April 2021 — On 13 April 2021, in one of the series of WarmingUP webinars, Hilde Coppes from Shell and I…

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NWO subsidy granted for development of proof-of-concept of ATES triplet

01 February 2021 — The aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) triplet system is a very promising technology for the cooling and heating…

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Power-to-X in Nieuwegein a further step closer

11 August 2020 — Storage and conversion are becoming increasingly important for a robust and reliable energy system of the future. These…

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Subsurface Utilisation of ATES systems to reduce CO2 emissions

29 May 2020 — The Netherlands has great energy transition ambitions. To realise these ambitions, about 20 percent of buildings in the…

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Optimisation of water wells improves the efficiency of recharge and energy storage

29 January 2020 — KWR researcher Jan van Lopik successfully defended his doctorate dissertation entitled: ‘Design of infiltration and abstraction well systems…

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Shaping the research agenda for ATES and BTES towards 2030

27 September 2019 — At the way home from our holiday in France, my wife dropped me off in Brussels. I attended…

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European Geothermal Congress 2019 in The Hague

17 June 2019 — The European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) organizes the European geothermal congress every 3 years. With past editions in…

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ATES in Geneva, Vienna and studio

17 April 2019 — Together with Stijn Beernink, I attended a workshop on Monday in Geneva for the Heatstore project where KWR…

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Large scale subsurface heat storage is complementary to geothermal energy

15 March 2019 — The Delft Aardwarmte Project (DAP) started as a student project to develop research, education and own use of…

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Finalization of EU project Energy use from Aquifers

13 December 2018 — On behalf of the TU Delft I participated during the past 5 years in a climate-KIC project, to…

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Subsurface thermal storage also helps heat the Netherlands sustainably in the winter

04 October 2018 — This week sees the start of the HEATSTORE project: a 16-million-euro European project aimed at making technologies for…

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‘Power to X’ project brings residential districts that run on sunshine and rain a step closer

24 July 2018 — A residential district can use solar power to meet enough of its residents’ energy, heating and mobility needs.…

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3rd Dutch Geothermal energy conference #lovegeothermal

02 July 2018 — Friday June 29th, the 3rd Dutch geothermal energy conference was held. This conference is organized every 2 years…

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Methods for better planning for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems in cities

17 May 2018 — On 16 May 2018 at TU Delft, KWR researcher Martin Bloemendal defends his dissertation, ‘The hidden side of…

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Martin @ European Geoscience Union

12 April 2018 — KWR presented several posters, co-authored an oral presentation and organized a session at the European Geosciences Union in…

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Increased density of geothermal energy systems for greater CO2 reduction

11 April 2018 — Open geothermal energy systems (also known as ATES systems) supply buildings with sustainable heating and cooling. Reflecting the…

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EGPD’18 in Zurich

19 March 2018 — Every year Phd students working on geothermal energy gather to have a short informal conference. This year the…

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Energy & Spatial Changes seminar @ Pakhuys de Zwijger

13 December 2017 — The transition towards a low-carbon future is accelerating across all sectors in The Netherlands. On Tuesday December 12…

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Aqua Con Soil sur le côtes du Rhône

29 June 2017 — Every other year Deltares and BRGM organize the Aqua con soil Conference where applications and processes in subsurface…

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KWR gives presentation about optimal use of subsurface space

22 May 2017 — An unexpected start The conference venue was the world trade center in Rotterdam, which is a stone’s throw…

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Ruud, Martin and Jan Jaap @ European Geoscience Union

01 May 2017 — KWR gave one oral presentation, presented several posters and organized a session at the European Geosciences Union in…

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Geothermal energy experience of KWR to the USA

10 October 2016 — The Netherlands is world leading in the application of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES). The potential for ATES…

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Sustainability

Sustainable energy

There is a worldwide drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shift to cleaner, more…

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Aquifer thermal energy storage

PUSH-IT: demonstration and development of seasonal underground heat storage systems

Q&A, Aquathermal and Thermal Energy from Drinking water (TED)

COHEASY: flexibility to balance energy production and consumption

Reliable and affordable backfilling of boreholes in closed thermal energy systems

HEATSTORE

Increased density of geothermal energy systems for greater CO2 reduction

Transition to increased storage temperature at Koppert Cress open thermal energy system

Power to X

Intensive interest in final results of Koppert-Cress Project

20 million euro grant for European PUSH-IT project

Latest research on the application, improvement and impact of HT-ATES systems

Shaping the research agenda for ATES and BTES towards 2030

Geothermal energy and thermal energy storage: a winning combination!?

NWO subsidy granted for development of proof-of-concept of ATES triplet

Power-to-X in Nieuwegein a further step closer

Subsurface Utilisation of ATES systems to reduce CO2 emissions

Optimisation of water wells improves the efficiency of recharge and energy storage

Shaping the research agenda for ATES and BTES towards 2030

European Geothermal Congress 2019 in The Hague

ATES in Geneva, Vienna and studio

Large scale subsurface heat storage is complementary to geothermal energy

Finalization of EU project Energy use from Aquifers

Subsurface thermal storage also helps heat the Netherlands sustainably in the winter

‘Power to X’ project brings residential districts that run on sunshine and rain a step closer

3rd Dutch Geothermal energy conference #lovegeothermal

Methods for better planning for Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems in cities

Martin @ European Geoscience Union

Increased density of geothermal energy systems for greater CO2 reduction

EGPD’18 in Zurich

Energy & Spatial Changes seminar @ Pakhuys de Zwijger

Aqua Con Soil sur le côtes du Rhône

KWR gives presentation about optimal use of subsurface space

Ruud, Martin and Jan Jaap @ European Geoscience Union

Geothermal energy experience of KWR to the USA

Sustainable energy