Innovative Water Retention for Climate Change Mitigation, Sustainable Agriculture and Flood Protection:  This project addresses water scarcity, declining water quality, flood protection challenges, and water management approaches. The focus is on central Europe, on the middle and lower sections of… [read more]

As Lead Partner of the MARGIN project, we were honored to present our initiative at the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Interreg Alpine Space Programme, held in Salzburg, Austria. Organized by the Interreg Joint Secretariat, the event served as a valuable platform to introduce the MARGIN project… [read more]

We are currently offering a new thesis topic (Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis) in the field of geothermal energy, supervised by Dr. Zosseder.  More information can be found at the following link: Groundwater Evaluation for the city of Neu-Ulm [read more]

Attending the European Geosciences Union (EGU) we shared our research with an international audience. Exciting presentations, intensive networking and new impulses accompanied us through the week. We return motivated with many impressions and contacts! [read more]

The North Alpine Foreland Basin in Bavaria is one of Europe’s most important deep reservoirs for hydrogeothermal energy utilization for district heating. Most of the plants are located in the Munich metropolitan region, where there are both favorable geological conditions and a high demand for heat… [read more]

The Margin team convened in Vienna on the 26th and 27th March for a meeting hosted by GeoSphere Austria, a partner in the Margin project. Over the two-day event, all project partners came together to assess progress, address challenges, and strategize for the next steps. A key highlight of the… [read more]

Geothermal energy offers a sustainable solution for heating and cooling (H&C) throughout Europe. To ensure successful integration, it is crucial to have comprehensive and harmonized geoscientific datasets. The SAPHEA project team has been actively reviewing, collecting, and disseminating these… [read more]

This paper reviews the current research on aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) and mine thermal energy storage (MTES) in Germany providing descriptions of 3 low-temperature ATES (LT-ATES), 8 high-temperature ATES (HT-ATES), and 2 MTES research sites. While the overview reveals a diverse field of… [read more]

The South German Molasse Basin (SGMB) is a reservoir with significant hydrothermal potential, where exploration has largely focused on depths greater than 2,500 m. Here, medium-deep geothermal systems could provide water temperatures of 30 °C – 80 °C. Large-scale heat pumps can raise supply… [read more]

On March 28, 2025, Lilly Zacherl successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Carbonate Scaling in Geothermal and Open Cooling Systems: Experimental Quantification and Numerical Modeling" at the Chair of Hydrogeology. We sincerely congratulate her on this incredible milestone and wish her all… [read more]

We are looking for a motivated student assistant (m/f/d) to join our team in the GIGA-M and BeM-TG projects at the Chair of Hydrogeology at TUM starting from Mai 1, 2025! For more information, please visit: Open Positions - Lehrstuhl für Hydrogeologie [read more]

On March 20, 2025, Mohamed MOURSY from the Geothermal Energy Group contributed to the ISGC 2025, Session Classification: Environmental Computing Workshop, with his presentation “Inverse Estimation of Hydraulic Properties of a Complex Geothermal Reservoir Using the SuperMUC-NG High-Performance… [read more]

This study focuses on the shallow aquifer of the city of Munich, Germany, examining it in terms of urban land use classes (dense and discontinuous sealed surfaces, parks, forests, and agricultural sites) and typical physical and chemical measures used in standardised groundwater monitoring. In… [read more]

We investigate the presence of local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) effects during heat flow in porous media. In this study, we present (1) an advanced laboratory experiment to investigate granular-scale heat transport by measuring temperature responses in fluid and solid phases using varying grain… [read more]

The recent congress, held on February 20th and 21st in Offenburg, focused on the integration of shallow and deep geothermal energy – an area in which part of our team is actively involved. In the following images, you can get a glimpse of the event and the people contributing to our work. The next… [read more]

In the Geofluids Group, under Dr. Baumann's supervision, we offer a new topic for a Master's thesis. Please find more information in the following link: Projekt Smart-SWS: Kopplung von Hochwasserschutz und Dürrevorsorge [read more]

On February 25, 2025, Alberto successfully defended his dissertation, “3-D Stochastic Modeling of the Sediment Texture in Unconsolidated Sediments for Prediction, Uncertainty Quantification, and Parameter Estimation.” We sincerely congratulate him on this significant milestone and look forward to… [read more]

In the Geothermal Group, under Dr. Zosseder's supervision, we offer a new topics for Master These. Please find more information in the following links: Aufbau eines Hydrogeologischen Modells zur Beurteilung der Kanalsanierung auf die Grundwasserdynamik im Stadtgebiet München Au Ermittlung von… [read more]

Wir suchen eine motivierte studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d), die unser Team im Projekt „GeoMaN – Nürnberg“ am Lehrstuhl für Hydrogeologie der TU München ab dem 01.03.2025 verstärkt! [read more]

This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of large-scale groundwater flow concepts for the Upper Jurassic aquifer in the South German Molasse Basin. The research integrates data on age dating, hydrochemistry, hydraulics, temperature distribution, and flow systematics, offering a unified… [read more]