Aquifer thermal energy storage is used as an energy storage method for heating buildings, which can contribute to significant emission reductions in the building sector. However, this technology can have negative impacts on groundwater quality, changes in groundwater chemistry and microbiology.
Aquifer thermal energy storage
Aquifer thermal energy storage is used as an energy storage method for heating buildings, which can contribute to significant emission reductions in the building sector. However, this technology can have negative impacts on groundwater quality, changes in groundwater chemistry and microbiology.
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- Climate & Atmosphere
- Energy Emission Reduction
- Implementation of Energy Storage Systems
some attempts made
past case
Region-1
Region-2
Region-3
Region-4
ongoing case
no attempts made
None
Aquifer thermal energy storage
Underground thermal energy storage (UTES) is a technology that is increasingly being used in the Netherlands for heating and cooling purposes. In summer, excess heat from houses is transferred to the groundwater, while in winter the relatively warm groundwater can be used for heating. Given Dutch ambitions to use this technology, more UTES systems may be installed near public water supplies in the future. This may pose unknown risks to groundwater quality and, given this uncertainty, appropriate policies may be lacking.
- The problem-shift had no effect on the efforts to address the initial problem
- Multilple (effects disconected from each other)
Bonte, M., Stuyfzand, P., Hulsmann, A., Beelen, P. (2011). Underground Thermal Energy Storage: Environmental Risks and Policy Developments in the Netherlands and European Union. Ecology and Society, 16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03762-160122
Fleuchaus, P., Godschalk, B., Stober, I., & Blum, P. (2018). Worldwide application of aquifer thermal energy storage–A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 94, 861-876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.057
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