{"id":22392,"date":"2022-07-21T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/geothermal-is-good-to-go\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:31:46","slug":"get-into-geothermal-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/get-into-geothermal-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Geothermal is good to go"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22392\" class=\"elementor elementor-22392 elementor-17816\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-842c3cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"842c3cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8618a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8618a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604ee85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"604ee85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Shatter Munich\u2019s fossil-fuel shackles \u2013 full steam ahead for geothermal<\/h1><p>The Munich utility company (SWM) wanted to keep Munich residents in (fossil-fuel) shackles \u2013 despite the fact that an environmentally friendly resource beneath Munich (geothermal) was not out of reach \u2013 and had long been marketed by the very same SWM as its goal for 100 % renewables in Munich.<br>Why is Stadtwerke M\u00fcnchen (Munich utility company) not tapping into this geothermal treasure and instead continuing to supply Munich with fossil fuels?<br>We at Protect the Planet, together with Netzwerk Saubere Energie M\u00fcnchen (Clean Energy Munich network), are making concrete proposals for the heating transition in Munich \u2013 with creative protests with a local connection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c294f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"6c294f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1131\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1131\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What\u2019s it all about?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1131\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1131\"><p>Munich was 95&nbsp;% fossil-fuelled, despite all its climate neutrality promises and climate emergency declaration and, in doing so, was only exacerbating the problem of global warming. Geothermal power, the ideal starting point for climate-neutral, safe and cost-effective heating, which could also free us from dependence on autocratic regimes, had been criminally neglected.<br \/>\nFor far too long, the construction of new geothermal plants had been overlooked by the council and SWM as they continued to use evasive arguments for persisting with coal- and gas-fired power plants. Yet Munich was once a model city, praised for harnessing the natural heat of geothermal energy. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1132\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1132\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">The starting point<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1132\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1132\"><p>The so-called South German Molasse Basin \u2013 the region between the Danube and the Alps \u2013 is ideal geothermal power generation. All of the surrounding Munich districts already supply a good proportion of their residents with environmentally-friendly and sustainable heat from the depths of the earth \u2013 with some even using the excess heat to generate power. For years, Munich had promoted its ability to make 100% of its heating geothermal by 2040. Yet implementation lagged behind the rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 a decision was made to build at least five new geothermal plants within the municipal area. Currently only two of them have been built \u2013 and no change is likely now before at least 2028. This also explains why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dielinke-muenchen-stadtrat.de\/detail\/anfrage-162-preisexplosion-zahlen-die-verbraucherinnen-die-zeche-fuer-die-verkorkste-energiewende\/\">the SWM increased the price of district heating by 162% in response to the war in the Ukraine,<\/a> while the prices for surrounding districts supplied with geothermal heating remained much lower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1133\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1133\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What we call for<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1133\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1133\"><p>This cannot continue! We demonstrated alongside the Clean Energy for Munich network (Netzwerk f\u00fcr Saubere Energie M\u00fcnchen) \u2013 for Munich to have a sustainable energy supply. After all, making Munich climate-neutral by 2035 is very far from becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<p>We called on the City Council and SWM to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make a clear expansion policy for geothermal energy its highest priority<\/li>\n<li>open new geothermal sites within and beyond Munich<\/li>\n<li>convert the existing steam network to a hot- water network as originally planned by 2030<\/li>\n<li>develop an interconnected grid linking geothermal plans all over Munich via district heating routes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a7baa2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a7baa2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9fcbe1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9fcbe1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c6ee5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31c6ee5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f6145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17f6145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>More detailed information:<\/h2><p>Clean Energy for Munich network (Netzwerk Saubere Energie M\u00fcnchen), 2 June 2022: <a href=\"https:\/\/energienetzwerk-muc.de\/muenchens-fossile-fesseln-zerschlagen-volldampf-fuer-geothermie-jetzt\/\">&#8220;M\u00fcnchens fossile Fesseln zerschlagen \u2013 Volldampf f\u00fcr Geothermie jetzt!&#8221;<\/a> (\u201cShatter Munich\u2019s fossil-fuel shackles \u2013 full steam ahead for geothermal now!\u201d)<\/p><p>Protect the Planet, 18 October 2022: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/2022\/10\/19\/2022_10_18_geo_demo\/\">&#8220;Kreative Aktion: M\u00fcnchner Kindl wollen klimafreundliche Fernw\u00e4rme!&#8221;<\/a> (Creative action: Munich residents want climate-friendly district heating!\u201d)<span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Munich utility company (SWM) wanted to keep Munich residents in (fossil-fuel) shackles \u2013 despite the fact that an environmentally friendly resource beneath Munich (geothermal) was not out of reach \u2013 and had long been marketed by the very same SWM as its goal for 100 % renewables in Munich. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[684,677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-neutral-munich","category-projects"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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