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ATES workshop at GeoTHERM 2025
The SpeicherCity project cordially invites you to the workshop ‘Aquiferspeicher für Deutschland’ at GeoTHERM 2025!
Geoelectric field campaigns for protecting historic buildings
These have been carried out in recent weeks at various climate-sensitive locations in Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony.
Maxi‘s PhD Defense
03.12.2024 | Our working group celebrates the year’s third doctorate defense – Congratulations, Maxi!
Lukas‘ PhD Defense
16.10.2024 | Our working group celebrates the next doctorate defense – Congratulations, Lukas!
RECOIN Meeting 2024 in Stockholm
23. – 24.09.2024 | During their second presence meeting, the partners exchanged information about the progress in RECOIN.
Ground-Breaking Ceremony Reno-sTES
16.09.2024 | Ground-breaking ceremony for the INTERSTORES seasonal thermal energy storage demonstrator in Ingolstadt.
Nature Geoscience: Groundwater warming due to climate change
10.06.2024 | Publication in Nature Geoscience attracts wide media attention.
Enerstock2024
05.06. – 07.06.2024 | AG attending a leading international conference on energy storage – Enerstock 2024, in Lyon.
EGU24
14.04.-19.04.2024 | Several contributions presented at the EGU24 in Vienna (Austria)
Group Retreat 2024
27.02.-01.03.2024 | Groupt Retreat in Broumov (Czech Republic).
Visit of the Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory
20.02.2024 | Meeting with project partners from ANDRA and AFRY in Bure (France).
INTERSTORES Kick-Off
22. – 23.01.2024 | At the kick-off meeting in Ingolstadt, we started the coordination of the new Horizon Europe project INTERSTORES.
Archive
Media response to study on underground car parks
A press release from MLU is followed by further news articles about our work.
RECOIN Meeting 2023 in Baden
25. – 27.09.2023 | During a presence meeting in Baden (Switzerland), the partners exchanged information about the progress in RECOIN.
GeoBerlin 2023 – 3rd place Poster Award
05. – 07.09.2023 | Maximilian presents his work on groundwater temperatures in Saxony-Anhalt at the GeoBerlin 2023 conference.
Hannes’ PhD Defense
27.07.2023 | Our research group celebrates the second successful PhD defense of this year.
New cross-section tool for QGIS: GIS4GEOLOGY
A newly developed QGIS Plug-In GIS4Geology provides a tool that allows for the creation of geological crosssections.
Heat and Salt Tracer Experiments at Krauthausen Test Site
02. – 16.05.2023 | To better understand heat transport in the subsurface, two heat and salt tracer experiments have been conducted. Combining heat and salt during the injection allowed us to quantify in detail differences between salt and heat transport.
Lisa’s PhD Defense
09.05.2023 | Our working group celebrates the first PhD defense.
EGU General Assembly 2023
24. – 28.04.2023 | Julia, Christoph, Hesam, Maximilian and Peter shared their research on the EGU23 conference in Vienna.
RECOIN project webpage published
Jan 2023 | One of the major research and innovation projects of our research group has launched its new project webpage.
Archaeogeophysical field campaign in Dölauer Heide
Geoelectrical measurements were carried out to investigate prehistoric burial mounds in the Dölauer Heide in cooperation with the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archaeology.
Courses on Numerical Groundwater Modelling again well frequented
With two block courses on groundwater modelling from 29.8.-2.9. and 5.9-9.9.22, courses proved once again to be in good demand.
Public media response to our Nature Communications article
Aug 19, 2022 | Subsurface heat recycling could be a hot topic in the energy transition towards renewables. Follow up on the links in the news.
Meeting of the working group “Springs and Groundwater”
14.07. – 16.07. | Julia participated and met other scheintists and environmentalists at the annual meeting of the working group “Springs and Groundwater”.
Applied Geology Workshop
18.7.-20.7.2022 | Over a two-day workshop, our working group fostered its collaboration with our colleagues from the Department of Engineering Geology of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Long Night of the Sciences 2022
01.07.2022 | Events offered by the Department of Applied Geology at the “Long Night of the Sciences” attracted great interest.
Conference CMWR 2022
19.6.-23.6.2022 | Christoph and Lukas present their research at the XXIV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources in Gdansk.
Monitoring campaign on groundwater temperature hotspots in Germany and Switzerland
16.05.-02.06.2022 | With David’s help, Maximilian was able to carry out field measurements at various locations in Germany and Switzerland. In Halle, Berlin, Cologne, Mannheim
EGU General Assembly 2022
During the EGU22 conference in Vienna, we shared examples of our current research activities.
FH-DGGV 2022 Jena (online)
We will participate at this years FH-DGGV conference with 4 presentations and one session chair.
March 22 is World Water Day!
With the motto “Making the invisible visible,” this year’s World Water Day puts groundwater in the spotlight.
Press article on CO2 emissions from geothermal energy – study with involvement of our working group
The working group appreciates media attention on the topic of environmental impacts of geothermal energy related to own work.
Open Courses
Also in this year some of our block courses will be opened for external participants!
Einheitsfeier in Halle
Sep., 30, 2021. Peter Bayer gave a talk about Climate Change at the Einheitsfeier in Halle.
IAH Congress 2021 Brussels
Sep 6-10, 2021. We will participate at this years IAH conference with 5 presentations from Peter, Hesam, Lukas, Hannes, and a good friend of our working group Guillaume Attard.
Meeting of the working group Springs and Groundwater
Jul 15-17 2021; Julia participated at the meeting of the working group Springs and Groundwater of the German Assocication of Limnology. Also in september the
Press report about LCA study
Jun 02, 2021. Press attention paid to study on ecological impact of geothermal power plant.
Participation at #vEGU21
Apr 19-30, 2021. This year, Peter Bayer, Mohammad Javad Afshari Moein and Christoph Bott will present work of the research group at the virtual event of EGU 2021.
What a coincidence
Dec 03, 2020.We always try to raise interest in our work. Sometimes interest is mixed up with the freedom of duplication.
Participation at AGU Fall Meeting 2020
Dec 01-17 2020. Lisa gives a talk at the “virtual” AGU Fall Meeting 2020.
Participation at CMWR 2020
Dec 14-17 2020. Lisa gives a talk at the “virtual” Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR) Conference 2020.
Climate change warms groundwater in Bavaria
Dec 01, 2020 Press release: Publication on the effects of climate change on subsurface temperature has been published.
Start ESF-project
Oct 01, 2020 Start of the project „Utilization of active fiber optic measurement systems for geothermal characterization and establishing of international cutting-edge research“.
Field course FSQ2020
From 2nd August 2020 to 5th August 2020, this year’s hydrogeological field excersises of the study course “Management of Natural Resources” was held.
New publication receives press attention
New publication covering technical enhancements of seasonal heat storage systems with press release available.
Applied Programming Course
Nov 21-22 & Nov 28-29, 2020. Course about programming with Python and OpenSource GIS in (applied) geosciences.
(Open for registration!)
International OpenSource GIS Training Course
Nov 7-8 & Nov 14-15, 2020. Course about OpenSource GIS Tools for geoscientists.
(Open for registration!)
Presentations at World Geothermal Congress
May 21-26, 2021. The group has several poster and oral presentations at the World Geothermal Congress in Reykjavik.
Talk at groundwater forum in Vienna
October 01, 2020. Peter Bayer talks at ÖWAV-Seminar “Groundwater protection in Austria“ about “Consequences of urban resource use for groundwater temperature” (in German).
Measurement campaigns in Halle and Dessau
June 2-15, 2020. Field campaigns reveal subsurface urban heat islands in Halle and Dessau.
Participation at EGU general assembly ***CANCELLED***
May 3-8, 2020. Lisa, Peter and Hannes present at different sessions at the EGU general assembly in Vienna.
Presentation at FH-DGGV conference in Leipzig ***CANCELLED***
March 25-28, 2020. Matthias Hertig presents a poster about humidity damages at a monastery in Saxony-Anhalt and solutions. Hannes Hemmerle and Peter Bayer will give talks on thermal groundwater impacts.
Course Hydrogeological Mapping at FU Berlin
March 9–13, 2020. Wolfgang Gossel holds a course about mapping topics and techniques in hydrogeology.
Well cleaning in the Rock Garden
January 21, 2020. Rejuvenation of the wells in the yard of the institute (Rock Garden).
Peter Bayer new at MLU
October 1, 2019. Peter Bayer is appointed to the professorship Applied Geology.
Software Partners
Our working group acknowledges the support by multiple, prominent software partners.
Recent News
Christmas Party and Break
19.12.2024 | Our working group celebrates a successful 2024 and wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025!
ATES workshop at GeoTHERM 2025
The SpeicherCity project cordially invites you to the workshop ‘Aquiferspeicher für Deutschland’ at GeoTHERM 2025!
Geoelectric field campaigns for protecting historic buildings
These have been carried out in recent weeks at various climate-sensitive locations in Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony.
Maxi‘s PhD Defense
03.12.2024 | Our working group celebrates the year’s third doctorate defense – Congratulations, Maxi!
Lukas‘ PhD Defense
16.10.2024 | Our working group celebrates the next doctorate defense – Congratulations, Lukas!
RECOIN Meeting 2024 in Stockholm
23. – 24.09.2024 | During their second presence meeting, the partners exchanged information about the progress in RECOIN.
Archive
Peter Bayer new at MLU
October 1, 2019. Peter Bayer is appointed to the professorship Applied Geology.
Software Partners
Our working group acknowledges the support by multiple, prominent software partners.
