Why Germany is betting on Canadian clean energy tech
Global News
Calgary's Eavor hopes its first commercial geothermal power plant can successfully fuel 20,000 German homes — showcasing the potential to drive a wider global energy revolution.
At first glance, the drilling site about an hour south of Munich might seem like a traditional oil operation. Two towering rigs, reminiscent of those seen in Canada’s oil industry, soaring over the Bavarian countryside.
They have a different goal though: extracting heat, not fossil fuels.
“This is pioneering work,” said Fabricio Cesario, Plant Manager for Eavor Deutschland.
The system, called the Eavor-Loop, uses water circulated deep underground, where it is heated to around 120 C before being returned to the surface.
The project is expected to generate approximately 64 megawatts of heat and 8.2 megawatts of electrical power once complete. Eavor says that’ll be enough energy to heat and power approximately 20,000 homes in Geretsried, a town with a wider history in geothermal power.
The project aligns with the country’s broader renewable energy strategy, which the German government moved to fast-track last month by introducing legislative changes that aim to remove barriers to geothermal energy development and the expansion of heat pumps and heat storage systems.
The innovative technology behind this plant was first developed over 7,000 kilometers away, on the abandoned well sites of Alberta.
“We asked ourselves, what else can we do with all these brownfield sites? Why not geothermal?” explained John Redfern, the president and CEO of Eavor.
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