Member of the Support-Circle of the Working Group Geothermal Energy

Dr. Sven Fuchs is a scientist at the Geothermal Energy Systems Section of the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Helmholtz Center Potsdam. His research interests focus on the temperature and the heat flow field of the earth in the lithosphere region. This includes a detailed understanding of the terrestrial heat flux and the associated rock heat properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity as well as the radiogenic heat development in the crust. This knowledge is important for any scientific or commercial use of the subsurface, both for the exploration of resources (geothermal, water, hydrocarbons, mineral resources, etc.) and for the storage of solids and energy (air, liquid, gas), nuclear waste etc.).

To realize such projects, he combines geological data from wells with geophysical surveys of wells (log interpretation) and surfaces (seismic data), as well as data from laboratory studies of rock physics and chemistry. Core log integration helps to integrate from core to well scale. Such acquired data will be implemented in subsurface numerical models that help to better understand the geological system being studied. Other research interests focus on hydraulic properties in sedimentary rocks, especially in granular soils and shallow hydrogeological systems.