Norway’s deepest geothermal borehole is now under construction at Oslo Gardermoen Airport. The natural heat generated from it will be used to heat the engine test site in winter.
Airport operator Avinor is managing the energy project, called Rock Energy, in partnership with the company Båsum Boring through its joint venture Norwegian Energy Drilling.
In a controlled manner, the idea is to send cold water deep underground, where it is heated and then returned to the surface.
“We’ve drilled to a depth of 1,500 metres for both boreholes, and when the project is completed they should be capable of heating the entire area of the engine test site. This has never been achieved before in Norway,” says Thor Erik Musæus, the project’s general manager, who adds that the extracted energy could also be used to heat large buildings.
From the Global Geothermal News archives:
- Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - Norway: 1,520 Meter Well Drilled for Geothermal District Heating Project
