Underground Thermal Energy Storage: Environmental Risks and Policy Developments in the Netherlands and European Union

We present an overview of the risks that underground thermal energy storage (UTES) can impose on the groundwater system, drinking water production, and the subsurface environment in general. We describe existing policy and licensing arrangements for UTES in the Netherlands, as well as the capability...

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Main Authors: Matthijs Bonte, Pieter J. Stuyfzand, Adriana Hulsmann, Patrick Van Beelen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2011-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art22/