Am 4. Erfahrungsaustausch des Projekts GFK-Monitor am GFZ in Potsdam (am 21. Oktober 2024) haben die Projektpartner TUM, Fraunhofer IEG, GFZ und SWM die weiteren Interpretationen der Glasfaserkabelmessungen aus den Installationen an drei Geothermiebohrung an der Schäftlarnstraße besprochen. Danke… [read more]

Chan-Neng Hsu from the Chair of Hydrogeology at the Technical University of Munich was awarded the "Christian-Hecht-Preis" for his outstanding scientific work on applied geothermal energy in the Bavarian Molasse Basin and "Oberrheingraben". It is a special pleasure for us to honor this… [read more]

The SpeicherCity project meeting took place at the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ on the 7. and 8. of October.  Kalliopi Tzoufka from the Geothermal Energy Group presented to the project partners her latest numerical results concerning the development of High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy… [read more]

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Am Mittwoch, 2. Oktober 2024, um 19:00 Uhr hielt Dr. Kai Zosseder im Rahmen der Reihe “Wissenschaft für jedermann” einen Vortrag im Auditorium zum Thema “Wie funktioniert Geothermie und welche Rolle kann sie in der Wärmewende in Deutschland spielen”. Der Vortrag ist live auf dem YouTube-Kanal des… [read more]

Lilly published an innovative combination of Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance and Raman microscopy to quantify the kinetics of carbonate precipitation under dynamic flow conditions. This is another step to more reliable predictions of scaling formation (not only) in geothermal systems. Full text at… [read more]

Water is life and the key to sustainable development. The planned Summer School (May, 8th and 9th 2025, Raitenhaslach) will be organized by the Chair of Hydrogeology of TUM and BMBF (FONA) and aims to bring students and professors together to discuss fundamental topics of sustainable water… [read more]

MARGIN - Managing Groundwater Sustainability in Urban Areas: Quantifying the vulnerability of groundwater quality & quantity to climate change and urbanisation, and developing adaptation measures for cities. More information on our website [read more]

Lea published a multi-criteria decision analysis for subsurface floodwater storage schemes entirely based on open source programs and open data. This finally eliminates the bias in current site selection strategies. Full text available at Interpore Journal. [read more]

In the Geothermal Group, under Dr. Zosseder's supervision, we offer a new topic for Bachelor These. Please find more information in the following link: Untersuchungen zu tiefenorientierten Grundwassertemperaturänderungen im Großraum Nürnberg – Fürth – Erlangen – Schwabach [read more]

In the Geothermal Group, under Dr. Zosseder's supervision, we offer a new topic for Bachelor These. Please find more information in the following link: Analyse der Effizienz von Grundwasserwärmepumpen in München und Erarbeitung von Informationsgrundlagen für die breite Öffentlichkeit zur Klärung… [read more]

In the Geothermal Group, under Dr. Zosseder's supervision, we offer a new topic for Master These. Please find more information in the following link: Bewertung der langfristigen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Trinkwasserversorgung der Gemeinde Denklingen und Erarbeitung von Grundlagen für… [read more]

On 28 June 2024, a workshop on ‘Geothermal energy in practice’ was held at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Current challenges to the expansion of geothermal energy were listed and new ideas and experiences in the field of deep and near-surface geothermal energy were discussed. See some… [read more]

We are currently looking for an Administrative Project Manager for the GIGA-M project (m/f/d)  at the Chair of Hydrogeology at the Technical University of Munich  within the research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) GIGA-M - Joint project:… [read more]

Der Lehrstuhl für Hydrogeologie unternahm seinen diesjährigen Betriebsausflug zur Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus (UFS). Die UFS ist Bayerns Zentrum für Klima- und Höhenforschung auf 2.650 Metern und Deutschlands höchstgelegene Forschungsstation. Die Umweltforschungsstation… [read more]

The Hydrogeology, Biogeochemistry and Modelling Group offer new topics for Bachelor and Master Theses. [read more]

This paper proposes an approach to optimize the technical potential of thermal groundwater use by determining the optimal sizing and placement of extraction-injection well doublets. The approach quantifies the maximum technically achievable volume of extracted groundwater in a given area and, hence,… [read more]

In cooperation with „TUM Water Cluster“, the Chair of Hydrogeology presented a running project with focus on the development of a new strategy and method for improving the quality of nitrate-polluted groundwater ecosystems. The BMBF-founded project was presented to the visitors by a video-clip to… [read more]

On June 12, the TUM Sustainability Day took place on the Garching campus. Under the motto "MÜNCHNER WÄRMEWENDE - JETZT!", the geothermal energy group  participate with the aim of creating synergies and providing new impulses. They addressed the following topics: Workshop: "Munich's heat… [read more]

Internationalization has become one of the strengths of our Chair. Academic staff from all over the world forms our team. This internationality provides us with international experiences, which are used for the training of our students and to clarify open research questions. The great thing is that… [read more]