Germany wants to increase heat supplied by geothermal plants tenfold by 2030

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to a geothermal heating plant under construction in Bavaria that geothermal energy should play a more significant role in Germany in the future than it has so far. According to him, the volume of heat supplied by geothermal plants to district heating networks could increase tenfold by 2030. The information was reported by the foreign news site Clean Energy Wire.

Scholz backed the development of geothermal energy during a visit to the new deep geothermal source under construction in Geretsried, Bavaria. The project, which is expected to be capable of generating 64 MW of thermal energy and 8,2 MW of electricity once completed, is being developed by Canadian start-up Eavor.

"Geothermal energy can support the transformation of the energy sector. In the future, it should play a more significant role than it has so far. If we give these new ideas and projects for using geothermal energy a chance, success will follow," Scholz said.