Geothermal Information System

Temperature

3d subsurface temperatures

Involved Institutions: LIAG

Editor: Agemar, T.

Agemar, T. (2022) 3D Subsurface Temperature Model of Germany and Upper Austria. Compilation of gridded data (25 MB) and documentation. Agemar, T., Schellschmidt, R. & Schulz, R. (2012): Subsurface Temperature Distribution of Germany. – Geothermics, 44: 65-77.

Potential Geothermal Uses

Site-suitability Traffic Light Maps for Borehole Heat Exchangers and for Geothermal collectors

Bundesland	Datenerhebung/-bearbeitung	Datenaufarbeitung für GeotIS	Datenquelle
Hamburg	State Office for Geology of the State of Hamburg (BUKEA)	Ravidà, D.C.G.1, Dussel, M.1	geoportal-hamburg.de

Site-suitability Traffic Light Map for Borehole Heat Exchangers

Bundesland	Datenerhebung/-bearbeitung	Datenaufarbeitung für GeotIS	Datenquelle
Berlin	Senate Department for Urban Development, Building und Housing	Stefanak, M.T.2, Ravidà, D.C.G.1	Geoportal Berlin
Brandenburg	State Office for Mining, Geology and Raw Materials of the State of Brandeburg (LBGR)	Stefanak, M.T.2, Ravidà, D.C.G.1	Geoportal LBGR Brandenburg MetaVer portal Brandenburg
Bremen	Geological Survey of Bremen	Ravidà, D.C.G.1, Dussel, M.1	geoportal.bremen.de
Mecklenburg Western Pomerania	State Office for Environment, Nature Conservation, and Geology (LUNG)	Ravidà, D.C.G.1, Dussel, M.1	umweltkarten.mv-regierung.de
Lower Saxony	State Office for Mining, Energy, and Geology of the State of Lower Saxony (LBEG)	Ravidà, D.C.G.1, Dussel, M.1	nibis.lbeg.de
Rhineland Palatinate	State Office for Geology and Mining (LGB-RLP)	Ravidà, D.C.G.1, Dussel, M.1	geoportal.rlp.de
Saarland	State Office for Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety (LUA)	Stefanak, M.T.2, Ravidà, D.C.G.1	geoportal.saarland.de
Schleswig Holstein	State Office for Environment of the State of Schleswig-Holstein (LfU)	Ravidà, D.C.G.1, Dussel, M.1	umweltportal.schleswig-holstein.de
Thuringia	State Office for Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation of the State of Thuringia (TLUBN)	Stefanak, M.T.2, Ravidà, D.C.G.1	antares.thueringen.de

Die Erhebung und Bearbeitung der Daten erfolgte durch die geologischen Dienste der Bundesländer.

Vereinheitlichung der Daten, Erstellung der bundeseinheitlichen Karte und die technische Umsetzung in GeotIS erfolgte durch folgende Institutionen: ¹University of Goettingen, ²geoENERGIE-Konzept GmbH, ³LIAG

The original open-source resources and data used for the creation of this map are located on the Geoportals of the respective states (see table).

Areas with potential for geothermal use

Involved Institutions: LIAG, BGR

Map	reference
Map A - proven hydrothermal potential Map A - deleted Area	Schulz et al. (2013) Mraz, E. (2019)
Map B - assumed hydrothermal potential	Schulz et al. (2013)
Map C - petrothermal potential	Schulz et al. (2013)
Map D - compilation of the maps A-C	Schulz et al. (2013)
Areas worthy of examination for CO2-Storage	Schulz et al. (2013)
Areas worthy of examination for geothermal use	Moeck, I. (2018)

Mraz, E. (2019): Reservoir characterization to improve exploration concepts of the Upper Jurassic in the southern Bavarian Molasse Basin – Dissertation, Technische Universität München, Ingenieurfakultät Bau Geo, Umwelt Lehrstuhl für Ingenieurgeologie, 122 S. Derivation of areas worthy of investigation on the basis of geological systems from the geological map of the Federal Republic of Germany - GK1000 - (personal communication Moeck, 2018)
Toloczyki, M.; Trurnit, P.; Voges, A.; Wittekindt, H.; Zitzmann, Arnold (2010): Geologische Karte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1:1.000.000 (GK1000), Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover Suchi, E.; Dittmann, J.; Knopf, S.; Müller, C. & Schulz, R. (2014): Geothermie-Atlas zur Darstellung möglicher Nutzungskonkurrenzen zwischen CO2-Einlagerung (CCS) und Tiefer Geothermie in Deutschland. - ZDGG Band 165 Heft 3, 439-453 Schulz et al. (2013): Geothermieatlas zur Darstellung möglicher Nutzungskonkurrenzen zwischen CCS und Tiefer Geothermie.
Endbericht, LIAG, Hannover, URL: www.geotis.de/homepage/.../Endbericht_Geothermie_Atlas.pdf

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Geothermal sites

Source information for the production data of the geothermal sites can be found on the detail page of the respective site: Overview of geothermal sites

Concession areas

Baden-Wuerttemberg: District Authority Freiburg, State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB)

Bavaria: Bavarian Environment Agency (LfU), branch office Munich

Lower Saxony: State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology of Lower Saxony (LBEG), Hannover

Hamburg: State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology of Lower Saxony (LBEG), Hannover

Schleswig Holstein: State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology of Lower Saxony (LBEG), Hannover

Exploration

Wells

Kohlenwasserstoff-Fachinformationssystem (KW-FIS), LBEG

Geophysics Information System (FIS GP), LIAG

Seismics

Seismik 2D; © Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie, LBEG

Seismik 2D; © Regierungspräsidium Freiburg, LGRB(Baden-Wuerttemberg)