Minewater Project
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The Minewater Project is an initiative of the municipality of Heerlen, the Netherlands, which uses abandoned coal mining fields as low-temperature energy resources.
History
In the early 2000s, numerous research and commercial initiatives were undertaken in Europe to develop abandoned coal mining fields into low-temperature resources.
One of the most successful of these initiatives is the Minewater Project in Heerlen, where a low-temperature district heating system was launched in operation in October 2008. The project was carried out under the European Interreg IIIB NWE programme and the 6th Framework Program project EC-REMINING-lowex.
In 2014, the Minewater Project was being upgraded from a straightforward pilot system to a full-scale hybrid sustainable energy structure called Minewater 2.0.
References
References
- Verhoeven, René. (2014-01-01). "Minewater 2.0 Project in Heerlen the Netherlands: Transformation of a Geothermal Mine Water Pilot Project into a Full Scale Hybrid Sustainable Energy Infrastructure for Heating and Cooling". Energy Procedia.
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