The research work entitled “Optimizing the spatial arrangement of groundwater heat pumps and their well locations” has been published in the Renewable Energy Journal. This paper presents a new method that determines the optimal positioning of groundwater heat pumps and their wells by concurrently… [read more]

Mit der Auftaktveranstaltung am 9.5. und 10.5.2023 in Frankfurt begann die Zusammenarbeit zahlreicher Experten aus Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft für eine nachhaltige Grundwasserbewirtschaftung. Das Forschungsprojekt „NitratLurch“ hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die mikrobielle Denitrifikation im Zustrom… [read more]

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas and the increase of atmospheric methane concentrations has accelerated significantly in recent years (IPCC, 2021). According to published studies, methane levels in the atmosphere rose slowly from 2000 to 2006 and then increased tenfold in the… [read more]

Are you interested in a research career and in working at the frontiers of biogeochemical processes? Then here is an opportunity to perform your studies on surface-water issues in an internationally recognized research environment. Read more [read more]

The project PollLCA investigates the impact of pesticides on pollinating insects, where TUM’s focus is on investigating chemical fate in the plant-soil system. [read more]

We are pleased to announce that the research work entitled "Uncertainties in 3-D stochastic geological modeling of fictive grain size distributions in detrital systems" has been published in the Special Issue on “Applications in 3D geoscience modeling” of the peer-reviewed journal Applied Computing… [read more]

We are looking for a motivated PhD student who will be working in the field of methane emissions from streams. The candidate should be interested in biogeochemical processes linked with hydrogeology and is able to perform field work. For a first contact please send a short motivation letter to the… [read more]

Prof. Einsiedl war Redner bei der am 23. Mai 2023 im Humboldt Carré in Berlin stattfindenden Diskussionsrunde zum Thema „Wasserressourcen schützen – Zielkonflikten vorbeugen“. Gemeinsam mit Vertretern aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft Lösungen und konkrete Maßnahmen zum Wasserschutz… [read more]

Project start of the BMBF financed project NitratLurch in Frankfurt. From 9th to 10th of May 2023 the project partners held their first meeting in the framework of the launch event „Nachhaltige Grundwasserbewirtschaftung“. Anja Wunderlich and Florian Einsiedl discussed with the project partners… [read more]

End of March 2023, the project executing organization has approved the funding for our WaterMARk application. This project will be performed with different  leading research institutions, the Queen's University Belfast, the University of California Davis and the University of Sao Paulo and focuses… [read more]

This project will use a scaled approach to develop a new method for injecting electron donors in a gaseous form into the aquifer in order to enhance the natural remediation processes of microbial denitrification. [read more]

Lilly and colleagues published a new article in the Journal of Nondestructive Testing titled: Ultrasonic and Impact-Echo Testing for the Detection of Scaling in Geothermal Pipelines presenting a new method to assess the thickness of mineral precipitations in geothermal facilities which could be… [read more]

January 2023 was a great month for Alejandra Pena. She defended her thesis on „Investigations on methane oxidation linked with nitrogen cycling processes in the seasonally stratified lake Fohnsee“. Congratulations! We  had a great time during this interesting study. Thank you Bernhard (Prof. Dr.… [read more]

GeoBOOST - Boosting geothermal heat pumps to mainstream cost-effective and efficient renewable heating and cooling in buildings [read more]

3D Modell Berlin: Erstellung eines geologischen 3D-Lithoklassenmodell für den Raum Berlin [read more]

SAPHEA - Integrating geothermal heating and cooling networks in Europe SAPHEA - Integrating geothermal heating and cooling networks in Europe [read more]

SpeicherCity: Models for the Systemintegration of Aquifer Storage in Cities. [read more]

Felix and colleagues published a new article in Advances in Geosciences titled: Inverse flow zone characterization using distributed temperature sensing in a deep geothermal production well located in the Southern German Molasse Basin Already in 2019, we permanently installed an innovative fiber… [read more]

Schlussbericht zum Verbundprojekt GEO-KW: Kopplung des geothermischen Speicherpotenzials mit den wechselnden Anforderungen des urbanen Energiebedarfs zur effizienten Nutzung der regenerativen Energiequelle Grundwasser für die dezentrale Kälte- und Wärmebereitstellung in der Stadt. Schlussbericht -… [read more]

Geowissenschaftler des Bayerischen Landesamts für Umwelt und der Technischen Universität München (Lehrstuhl für Hydrogeologie) führten seit dem 14.11.2022 für mehrere Tage die Messkampagne durch. Bei der Kampagne werden tausende Bohrungen ausgewertet und an über 5.000 Grundwassermessstellen und… [read more]