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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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Urban Photosynthesis; three functions on a single roof

Urban Photosynthesis involves research in the urban environment on an integrated solution, which closes as many water loops as possible at the building level, combined with the generation…

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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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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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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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Towards an optimal management of wellfields; conduct of two pilots

We still don’t know enough about how well clogging, energy use and treatment management can be optimised in an integrated manner, and the extent to which integrated optimisation…

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Impression of the Smart Energy Systems Conference

18 September 2023 — The annual Smart Energy Systems Conference (SES) in Denmark took place this year in Copenhagen with 350 participants…

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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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Mannoury blue-green energy roof wins 2022 Roof of the Year award

29 March 2023 — Roof of the Year: housing project Mannoury (Amsterdam), where TKI project Urban PhotoSynthesis provides integrated solutions for the…

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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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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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Heatstore: High Temperature Underground Thermal Energy Storage

18 December 2019 — Heatstore is one of the nine projects under the European GEOTHERMICA – ERA NET COfund umbrella. It is…

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Monitoring of the Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system at Koppert-Cress

03 October 2019 — The last few weeks Martin Bloemendal and I have been busy, together with a drilling company and an…

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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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Stakeholder engagement in the NextGen CoP in Athens

01 March 2019 — The first and exciting meeting of the NextGen Community of Practice (CoP) was held on 21 February in…

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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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NextGen kick-off: demonstrating solutions for water in the circular economy

20 September 2018 — Thirty water utilities, industries, specialised SMEs, applied research institutes, technology platforms, and city and regional authorities from all…

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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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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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Solar energy for Nieuwegein residents

14 November 2017 — In partnership with Allied Waters, Ad van Wijk, Professor of Future Energy Systems at TU Delft, gave a…

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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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Energy-saving in groundwater abstraction

15 December 2015 — Water companies that use groundwater to produce drinking water can save from 5 to 10 percent of their…

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

Urban Photosynthesis; three functions on a single roof

Reliable and affordable backfilling of boreholes in closed thermal energy systems

Increased density of geothermal energy systems for greater CO2 reduction

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

Towards an optimal management of wellfields; conduct of two pilots

Impression of the Smart Energy Systems Conference

Intensive interest in final results of Koppert-Cress Project

Mannoury blue-green energy roof wins 2022 Roof of the Year award

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

Subsurface Utilisation of ATES systems to reduce CO2 emissions

Heatstore: High Temperature Underground Thermal Energy Storage

Monitoring of the Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system at Koppert-Cress

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

Stakeholder engagement in the NextGen CoP in Athens

Finalization of EU project Energy use from Aquifers

NextGen kick-off: demonstrating solutions for water in the circular economy

3rd Dutch Geothermal energy conference #lovegeothermal

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

Martin @ European Geoscience Union

EGPD’18 in Zurich

Energy & Spatial Changes seminar @ Pakhuys de Zwijger

Solar energy for Nieuwegein residents

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

Energy-saving in groundwater abstraction

Sustainable energy