The Insheim Geothermal Project
Insheim, Germany
In the town of Insheim, located south of Landau, a second geothermal power plant with an electrical output in the megawatt range was built in the Upper Rhine Graben. Since 2008, two wells with depths of 3,500 m have been drilled, and circulation and hydraulic testing, conducted between 2009 and 2010, was completed successfully.
 Pfalzwerke geofuture |
Objective
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> 4 MW electrical power
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Wells
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2, Sidetrack
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Vertical Depth
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3,500 m
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Temperature
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165°C
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Flow Rate
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80 l/s
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Reservoir
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EGS/hydrothermal
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Power Plant
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ORC
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Construction
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2008 to 2012
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| Status | feed-in of up to 4.8 MWe | |
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Since 2012, Pfalzwerke geofuture GmbH, a subsidiary of PFALZWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT in Ludwigshafen, is supplying electrical power to approximately 8,000 households generated by its 4.8 MW geothermal power plant. BESTEC was the general contractor in charge of all underground and surface work, and responsible for technical operation & maintenance as well as microseismic monitoring during the first seven years of operation.