Jan 13, 2023
Project approval DEEPLIGHT
Development focus DEEPLIGHT
We are pleased to announce that the EU project DEEPLIGHT has been approved. The aim of this project is to make geothermal energy more accessible with the help of an EEP-based (electro pulse power) casing-while-drilling method. A new holistic approach is being developed for the drilling process, the drilling tool, the connection of the production well to the geothermal reservoir and the integration of these points into the existing technical and natural environment. In this process, drilling is not done mechanically, but is implemented by fragmenting the rock with high-voltage pulses. The project is being carried out as part of the funding measure non-nuclear R&D in the 7th Energy Research Programme of the Federal Government (BMWK).
Contact: Erik Neumann