TRANSGEO Project

About the project: The fossil fuels industry is declining in central Europe and leaves behind countless gas and oil wells. The TRANSGEO project is turning this environmental problem into an opportunity: it investigates the potentials of such abandoned infrastructures for producing and storing green geothermal energy. The partnership develops a transnational strategy and regional action plans to give a second life to the wells and tests their repurposing potential in local pilot actions. Start date: 05.2023 End date: 04.2026 Lead partner Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences Department Geosystems, Section Geoenergy Contact Person: Hannes Hofmann Email: hannes.hofmann@gfz-potsdam.de Phone: +49 331 6264 28739 Partners: State Office for Mining, Geology and Raw Material of Brandenburg, Germany ONEO GmbH, Germany Geological Survey of Austria, Austria Greenwell Energy GmbH, Austria CROST Regional Development Nonprofit Ltd., Hungary University of Pécs, Hungary Mining Property Utilization Nonprofit Public Ltd, Hungary Medjimurje Energy Agency Ltd., Croatia University of Zagreb – Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Croatia Local Energy Agency Pomurje, Slovenia