The first peppers in Germany grown with geothermal heat were harvested on the 7th of May, reports the German website Gabot.de. Vegetable producer 'Gemüsebau Steiner GmbH & Co. KG' heats his greenhouses with geothermal heat from the local project in Kirchweidach near Bayern. This saves him 4.2 litres of oil fuel and 8.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
"Protecting the environment and economics are hand in hand here. Our WFG member 'Geoenergie Kirchweidach GmbH' has been making renewable heat from geothermals available since December 2013, and almost 100 new jobs were created in Kirchweidach," says Dr Erwin Knapek, president of the economic forum Geothermie e.V. (WFG). At the moment water with a temperature of around 125 degrees is drawn from 3,800 meters underground at the geothermal project at Kirchweidach. This can not only heat Steiner GmbH's greenhouse, but also the entire municipality of Kirckweidach.
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