By 2050, 7 million homes and 1 million buildings will need natural gas. To achieve this, buildings will have to be insulated and sustainable heat and electricity will be used. 1.5 million existing homes must be made sustainable by 2030. Since the imposition of this measure, everyone has been diligently looking for other forms of energy sources. In Heerlen, long before the Climate Agreement, the municipality had literally started drilling for sustainable energy, namely the energy in the geothermal wells beneath its feet. The former mine corridors, the basis of what is now an innovative circular energy network, contain hot water. This low-temperature source, which provides heat but also coolness to homes, offices, shops and industrial companies, also uses residual heat from the surrounding area and, when there is less demand, ensures that residual energy is stored in existing underground corridors or power plants with buffer vessels. Thanks to innovation, the network can now also be seen separately from the underground mine corridors, by placing prefabricated (eco) barrels in the ground, where there are no mines. The circle of (water) energy is complete (everywhere)!
The new Statistics Netherlands (CBS) building was built because the old 1970s office building no longer met the requirements for a twenty-first century office environment. Read more...
The Heerlerheide Centre ‘Gen Coel’ complex, with shops, supermarket, school, crèche, library, 194 apartments, and health services, was connected to the mine water in October 2008. Read more...
Connecting the huge APG headquarters building in Heerlen to the mine water system was a particular challenge. Read more...
The old Rabobank office building on Euterpelaan in Heerlen, which the organization had outgrown, has undergone a true metamorphosis in recent years. Read more...
In Heerlen’s cluster of educational institutions, where the Open University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and Sintermeertencollege are located, a new campus has been built for vocational training school Arcus College.
European Grants
Mijnwater B.V. is a partner in various European projects, such as Interreg NWE HeatNet, Interreg NWE D2Grids (lead partner), OPZuid, Horizon2020 (STORM) and Life4Heatrecovery.
European Geothermal Innovation Award 2015
In March 2015 Mijnwater B.V. received the ‘European Geothermal Innovation Award 2015’, an award that showcases excellence in development of the most intelligent applications of geothermal energy.[/vc_column_text]Interreg NWE D2Grids
Interreg NWE HeatNet
OPZuid
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In Heerlen’s cluster of educational institutions, where the Open University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and Sintermeertencollege are located, a new campus has been built for vocational training school Arcus College.
The old Rabobank office building on Euterpelaan in Heerlen, which the organization had outgrown, has undergone a true metamorphosis in recent years. Read more...
Connecting the huge APG headquarters building in Heerlen to the mine water system was a particular challenge. Read more...
The Heerlerheide Centre ‘Gen Coel’ complex, with shops, supermarket, school, crèche, library, 194 apartments, and health services, was connected to the mine water in October 2008. Read more...
The new Statistics Netherlands (CBS) building was built because the old 1970s office building no longer met the requirements for a twenty-first century office environment. Read more...