Congress

24. + 25. February 2011 in Offenburg, Germany
 
  

  
 
simultaneously translated: German - English - French

• 10.00 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. Welcome and Opening with
  Edith Schreiner, Lord Mayor of the City of Offenburg
  Hartmut Gaßner, President of the German Geothermal Association
  Tanja Gönner, Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Environment
  In-depth look at geothermal energy - opportunities, risks and solutions
  
• 10.55 a.m. - 11.35 a.m. Kick off with
  Charles Baron, Geothermal Program Lead, Google.org,
  USA, Geothermal from Google's Perspective
   

CONGRESS 1
25. February 2010
Deep Geothermal Energy
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• 12.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Hydrogeology of deep aquifer in the Rhine Rift Valley, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Stober, Dipl.-Hydrol. Marco
  Jodocy, Regional Council in Freiburg
• 1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. Efficient electicity generation in the Bruchsal
  power plant, Pascal Schlagermann, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG 
• 1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. Deep Geothermal Energy - Current judicial subjects concerning seismicity, Hartmut Gaßner, [Gaßner, Groth, Siederer & Coll.] Attorneys-at-law, professional partnership
• 2.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. Tracer-assisted characterization and monitoring of deep geothermal reservoirs: methods and experiences, Dr. Iulia Ghergut & Dr. Martin Sauter, University of Goettingen

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• 3.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. Seismic risk assessment of geothermal projects,
  Dr. Robert Vörös, Q-con GmbH
• 4.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Experiences of the first inter-municipal geothermal project in Germany: From the beginning to successful realisation Thomas Fröhlich, AFK-Geothermie GmbH
• 4.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Complex basic conditions and scope 
  for improvements for privat deep geothermal projects,
  Dr. Ulrich Lotz, GeoEnergy GmbH
   
  

CONGRESS 2 
25. February 2010
Shallow Geothermal Energy
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• 11.40 a.m. - 12.10 a.m. Efficient borehole heat exchangers - quality assurance criteria of State of Baden-Württemberg, Dipl.-Ing. Bruno Lorinser, Baden-Württemberg's Ministry of Economics
• 12.10 a.m. - 12.40 a.m. Planning process for large-scale geothermal projects - problems and design solutions, Dipl.-Ing. Holger Kaiser, Gerber Ingenieurges. Geothermie mbH

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• 2.10 p.m. - 2.40 p.m. GEO-SOLE - comparative assessment of heat transfer fluids for geothermal applications near to the surface, Dipl.-Ing. Meinhard Ryba, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland
  Koenigsdorff, University of Applied Science Biberach
• 2.40 p.m. - 3.10 p.m. Application of the provisions of the German Mineral Act to the geothermal energy sector, Dr. Sven Rumohr, Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology, Ingo Schäfer, Geological Service North Rhine-Westphalia
• 3.10 p.m. - 3.40 p.m. Current findings about Staufen - publication of the status report, Dr. Gunther Wirsing, Regional Council in Freiburg, German State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining

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• 4.20 p.m. - 4.50 p.m. 50W/m blessing or curse?, Rüdiger Grimm, geoENERGIE Konzept GmbH
• 4.50 p.m. - 5.20 p.m. Quality assurance governing the exploration of geothermal energy near to the surface - training and guidlines in the EU context, Dr. Burkhard
  Sanner, German Geothermal Association

CONGRESS 1
26. February 2010
Deep Geothermal Energy
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• 10.10 a.m. - 10.40 a.m. Thermodynamic and economic assessment of geothermal power plant designs for linked power and heat generation, Dipl.-Ing. Florian Heberle, University of Bayreuth
• 10.40 a.m. - 11.10 a.m. Exploration of deep geothermal energy and underground natural gas storage - conflicting uses?, Dr. Johann-Gerhard Fritsche, Dr. Matthias
  Kracht, Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
• 11.10 a.m. - 11.40 a.m. Surface analogs for geothermal reservoir rocks in the Rhine Rift Valley, Prof. Dr. Andreas Henk, University of Freiburg, Geological institute

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• 1.40 p.m. - 2.10 p.m. Oil goes Geothermal, Tim Erdmann, Baker Hughes
• 2.10 p.m. - 2.40 p.m. MeProRisk - development of strategies for improving risk assessment in surveying and developing deep geothermal plants, R. Pechnig, D. Mottaghy, Geophysica Beratungsges. mbH, J. Arnold, C. Clauser, G. Marquardt, RWTH Aachen
• 2.40 p.m. - 3.10 p.m. Geothermal development throughout the use of a 4 km deep research borehole in Bad Schoenebeck, Dr. Kemal Erbas, GFZ Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
  

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• 4.10 p.m. - 4.40 p.m. The St. Gallen geothermal project, Dr. Clément Baujard, GEOWATT AG

CONGRESS 2
26. February 2010
Shallow Geothermal Energy
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• 10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. Quality requirements of backfill material for borehole heat exchangers, Prof. Dr. Lutz Müller, University of Applied Science Ostwestfalen-Lippe
• 11.00 p.m. - 11.30 p.m. Quality assurance governing the exploitation of geothermal energy near to the surface, Prof. Dr. Ingo Sass, Technical University of Darmstadt
• 11.30 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. Practical example: pile foundation provides geothermal heating and cooling energy for a medical centre in Mannheim, Dipl.-Ing. Gerd Haug, Zent-Frenger Gesellschaft für Gebäudetechnik GmbH
• 12.00 a.m. - 12.10 p.m. Current situation in the utilization of geothermal energy in the Czech Republic presented by the Czech Heatpump Association, Josef Slovacek, Pavel Cihelka, AVTC Asociace pro vyuziti epelnych cerpadel

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• 2.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. An artesian aquifer in Wiesbaden, Dr. Georg Mittelbach, Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
• 2.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. Distances between bore holes for borehole heat exchangers, Dr. David Kuntz, systherma Planungsbüro für Erdwärmesysteme GmbH
• 3.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Geothermal energy potential in Eastern Europe: how German companies can gain access to the market - learning from experience, Thomas Dillig, eco2business

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• 4.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Construction of heat pump systems designed to meet operational requirements, Michael Heiler, MHK Wärme- und Kältetechnik GmbH
• 5.00 p.m. - 5.20 p.m. Use of water treatment additives in 
  geothermal plants,Mustafa Ariöz, Wolfgang Hater, BKG Water Solutions

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