Geothermal energy and soil energy; extraction of heat and cold

This table shows how much heat and cold is extracted from the soil. Heat is a form of energy. The use of cold from the soil avoids the consumption of electricity for cooling. A distinction is made between geothermal and soil energy, with or without heat pumps. Soil energy is a form of renewable energy. With geothermal heat, the pumped water is sufficiently warm (approximately between 60 and 90 degrees Celsius) to be able to use directly via a heat exchanger. The main application is the heating of greenhouses. With soil energy, the pumped water is usually not warm enough (about 10 degrees Celsius) for direct use. Therefore, heat pumps are often used to bring the temperature to a sufficiently high level. Soil energy can be used for heating as well as for cooling. The main application of soil energy is the heating and cooling of office buildings. Data available from: 1990 Status of the figures: This table provides final figures until 2019, further preliminary figures for 2020 and provisional figures for 2021 Changes as of 3 June 2022: Preliminary figures for 2021 have been added. When will there be new figures: Preliminary figures for geothermal heat and ground heat with heat pumps for the previous year appear each year in June. Final figures on all variables for the previous year appear each year in December.