{"id":1347,"date":"2024-03-11T15:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natuerlich-pfalz.eu\/southern-palatinate\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:15:40","slug":"southern-palatinate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natuerlich-pfalz.eu\/en\/southern-palatinate\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00fcdpfalz"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"block_e95836b1887c9b143ccc4fa158ca81bd\" class=\"block__text-media-hero block relative -mt-14 block_margin\">\n\n  <div class=\"relative bg-[url(313)] bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat\">\n\n          <div class=\"absolute inset-0\">\n        <figure class=\"m-0 h-full\">\n <div class=\"ratio no-ratio h-full\">     <img width=\"2560\" height=\"1659\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/iStock-171363058-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-cover h-full w-full wp-image\" alt=\"Landschaft Vorderpfalz\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" 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<strong>One.<\/strong><\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n                            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 \">\n                <div class=\"text-default\">\n                  <p class=\"mb-last-item\">The first stage of our project in the Southern Palatinate is known as Phase One. The aim of phase one is to produce 24,000 tonnes of lithium, which is ultimately needed for the production of batteries for electric vehicles. In addition to the lithium, sufficient heat is generated to supply the neighbouring communities with climate-neutral heat.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"mt-8\">\n          <a class=\"btn btn-primary   mb-last-item\" href=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/phase-one-lionheart\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n  Find out more about Phase One\n<\/a>                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"col-12 justify-center lg:col-5 xl:col-6 flex items-center lg:order-last\">\n            <div class=\"relative w-full z-0\">\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n                  <figure class=\"m-0 w-full\">\n <div class=\"ratio ratio-5x3\">     <img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-Geothermiekraftwerk-Insheim-Luftbild-5-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-cover rounded-2xl  wp-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-Geothermiekraftwerk-Insheim-Luftbild-5-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-Geothermiekraftwerk-Insheim-Luftbild-5-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-Geothermiekraftwerk-Insheim-Luftbild-5-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-Geothermiekraftwerk-Insheim-Luftbild-5-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-Geothermiekraftwerk-Insheim-Luftbild-5-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-Geothermiekraftwerk-Insheim-Luftbild-5-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n <\/div> <\/figure>                                  <\/div>\n<\/div>          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_9b65bc41e5b563b19387aaaed4bd3a8a\" class=\"block__text-media block overflow-x-clip block_margin\">\n      <div>\n  <svg height=\"20\" width=\"100\" class=\"h-8 md:h-12 lg:h-20 w-full  text-primary\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 10\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n  <polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"0 10 10 0 10 10\"><\/polygon>\n  <\/svg>\n<\/div>    <div class=\"bg-primary pt-12 lg:pt-20 pb-20\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 flex items-center lg:col-7 xl:col-6\">\n          <div class=\"w-full flex flex-col flex-nowrap items-end\">\n            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 col-12 md:col-10 lg:col-11\">\n                              <h2 >\n          <span class=\"PreHeadline block text-3xl hyphens-auto font-bold font-highlight text-secondary\">Renewable energy for the region<\/span>\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-white\">Our geothermal power plant in <strong>Insheim.<\/strong><\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n                            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 \">\n                <div class=\"text-white\">\n                  <p class=\"mb-last-item\">We have been the proud owners of the geothermal power plant in Insheim since 2022. The business has been running for over 10 years. The power plant is also home to our pilot plants, which we use to adapt the lithium extraction process to the conditions in the Upper Rhine Graben and continuously optimise it.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"mt-8\">\n          <a class=\"btn btn-secondary   mb-last-item\" href=\"https:\/\/natuerlich-pfalz.eu\/geothermiekraftwerk-insheim\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n  Find out more about our power plant\n<\/a>                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"col-12 justify-center lg:col-5 xl:col-6 flex items-center lg:order-first\">\n            <div class=\"relative w-full z-0\">\n      \n    \n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] top-8 -right-8 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-1.20f1c2.svg\" alt=\"\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] bottom-10 -left-12 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-2.112ab7.svg\" alt=\"\">\n          <div class=\"absolute inset-0 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-10 bottom-0 right-0 scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-secondary-bottom-1.b4ee56.svg\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n                  <figure class=\"m-0 w-full\">\n <div class=\"ratio ratio-5x3\">     <img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/3D-Seismik-Adrian-Muller-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-cover rounded-2xl  wp-image\" alt=\"Luftbild Geothermiekraftwerk Insheim\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/3D-Seismik-Adrian-Muller-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/3D-Seismik-Adrian-Muller-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/3D-Seismik-Adrian-Muller-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/3D-Seismik-Adrian-Muller-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/3D-Seismik-Adrian-Muller-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/3D-Seismik-Adrian-Muller-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n <\/div> <\/figure>                                  <\/div>\n<\/div>          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div>\n  <svg height=\"20\" width=\"100\" class=\"h-8 md:h-12 lg:h-20 w-full rotate-180 text-primary\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 10\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n  <polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"0 10 10 0 10 10\"><\/polygon>\n  <\/svg>\n<\/div>  <\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_678212a7988392c3bb42a9c47e9bbef2\" class=\"block__text-media block overflow-x-clip block_margin\">\n    <div class=\"bg-none \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 flex items-center lg:col-7 xl:col-6\">\n          <div class=\"w-full\">\n            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 col-12 md:col-10 lg:col-11\">\n                              <h2 >\n          <span class=\"PreHeadline block text-3xl hyphens-auto font-bold font-highlight text-secondary\">Autumn 2022<\/span>\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-primary\">3D <strong>seismic.<\/strong><\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n                            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 \">\n                <div class=\"text-default\">\n                  <p class=\"mb-last-item\">With the help of the 3D seismic carried out in October 2022, a 3D model of the subsurface was created for the Southern Palatinate. The data from the earth microphones, the geophones, was then read out and analysed and processed by our geologists. The data is used to plan and realise geothermal projects in the Southern Palatinate, as we need detailed information about the nature of the subsurface in the region for our projects.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"mt-8\">\n          <a class=\"btn btn-primary   mb-last-item\" href=\"https:\/\/natuerlich-pfalz.eu\/3d-seismik-suedpfalz\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n  Find out more about the 3D seismic in the Southern Palatinate\n<\/a>                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"col-12 justify-center lg:col-5 xl:col-6 flex items-center lg:order-last\">\n            <div class=\"relative w-full z-0\">\n      \n    \n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] top-8 -right-8 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-1.20f1c2.svg\" alt=\"\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] bottom-10 -left-12 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-2.112ab7.svg\" alt=\"\">\n          <div class=\"absolute inset-0 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-10 bottom-0 right-0 scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-secondary-bottom-1.b4ee56.svg\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n                  <figure class=\"m-0 w-full\">\n <div class=\"ratio ratio-5x3\">     <img width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vibro_Trucks-Adrian-Mull-12-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-cover rounded-2xl  wp-image\" alt=\"Vibrotruck Messung (Vorderpfalz)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vibro_Trucks-Adrian-Mull-12-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vibro_Trucks-Adrian-Mull-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vibro_Trucks-Adrian-Mull-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vibro_Trucks-Adrian-Mull-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vibro_Trucks-Adrian-Mull-12-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vibro_Trucks-Adrian-Mull-12-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n <\/div> <\/figure>                                  <\/div>\n<\/div>          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_f394decfde74e8ce95973c60a295bafb\" class=\"block__text-media block overflow-x-clip block_margin\">\n      <div>\n  <svg height=\"20\" width=\"100\" class=\"h-8 md:h-12 lg:h-20 w-full  text-primary\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 10\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n  <polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"0 10 10 0 10 10\"><\/polygon>\n  <\/svg>\n<\/div>    <div class=\"bg-primary pt-12 lg:pt-20 pb-20\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 flex items-center lg:col-7 xl:col-6\">\n          <div class=\"w-full flex flex-col flex-nowrap items-end\">\n            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 col-12 md:col-10 lg:col-11\">\n                              <h2 >\n          <span class=\"PreHeadline block text-3xl hyphens-auto font-bold font-highlight text-secondary\">Our geothermal energy<\/span>\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-white\"><strong>Drillings. <\/strong><\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n                            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 \">\n                <div class=\"text-white\">\n                  <p class=\"mb-last-item\">In the municipalities of Insheim, Herxheim and Rohrbach, areas have already been acquired for the construction of one drilling site each. In addition to the extraction of thermal water, the drilling sites also offer the possibility of providing heat to the neighbouring communities and companies.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"mt-8\">\n          <a class=\"btn btn-secondary   mb-last-item\" href=\"https:\/\/natuerlich-pfalz.eu\/bohrungen\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n  Find out more about our drillings in the region\n<\/a>                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"col-12 justify-center lg:col-5 xl:col-6 flex items-center lg:order-first\">\n            <div class=\"relative w-full z-0\">\n      \n    \n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] top-8 -right-8 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-1.20f1c2.svg\" alt=\"\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] bottom-10 -left-12 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-2.112ab7.svg\" alt=\"\">\n          <div class=\"absolute inset-0 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-10 bottom-0 right-0 scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-secondary-bottom-1.b4ee56.svg\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n                  <figure class=\"m-0 w-full\">\n <div class=\"ratio ratio-5x3\">     <img width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Schleidberg-Vulcan-Energie-Kretschmer-24-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-cover rounded-2xl  wp-image\" alt=\"Bild des Bohrplatzes Schleidberg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Schleidberg-Vulcan-Energie-Kretschmer-24-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Schleidberg-Vulcan-Energie-Kretschmer-24-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Schleidberg-Vulcan-Energie-Kretschmer-24-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Schleidberg-Vulcan-Energie-Kretschmer-24-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Schleidberg-Vulcan-Energie-Kretschmer-24-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Schleidberg-Vulcan-Energie-Kretschmer-24-2048x1368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n <\/div> <\/figure>                                  <\/div>\n<\/div>          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div>\n  <svg height=\"20\" width=\"100\" class=\"h-8 md:h-12 lg:h-20 w-full rotate-180 text-primary\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 10\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n  <polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"0 10 10 0 10 10\"><\/polygon>\n  <\/svg>\n<\/div>  <\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_f75fbcea097c79e971488d1858a58f26\" class=\"block__text-media block overflow-x-clip block_margin\">\n    <div class=\"bg-none \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 flex items-center lg:col-7 xl:col-6\">\n          <div class=\"w-full\">\n            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 col-12 md:col-10 lg:col-11\">\n                              <h2 >\n          <span class=\"PreHeadline block text-3xl hyphens-auto font-bold font-highlight text-secondary\">Lithium Extraction Optimisation Plant<\/span>\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-primary\"><strong>LEOP.<\/strong><\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n                            <div class=\"mx-auto lg:mx-0 \">\n                <div class=\"text-default\">\n                  <p class=\"mb-last-item\">The lithium extraction optimization plant (LEOP) follows the pilot plants at our Insheim geothermal power plant. The LEOP is primarily used for product qualification, optimisation and training of the operating team. It is therefore the final intermediate stage before the implementation of the commercial plant and already has an annual production capacity of several tonnes of lithium. Construction of the plant began in 2022 and was finally completed in November 2023.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                  <div class=\"mt-8\">\n          <a class=\"btn btn-primary   mb-last-item\" href=\"https:\/\/natuerlich-pfalz.eu\/leop\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n  Find out more about our LEOP\n<\/a>                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"col-12 justify-center lg:col-5 xl:col-6 flex items-center lg:order-last\">\n            <div class=\"relative w-full z-0\">\n      \n    \n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] top-8 -right-8 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-1.20f1c2.svg\" alt=\"\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-[-1] bottom-10 -left-12 scale-75 xl:scale-90 2xl:scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-dots-grid-2.112ab7.svg\" alt=\"\">\n          <div class=\"absolute inset-0 overflow-hidden rounded-2xl\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:block absolute z-10 bottom-0 right-0 scale-100 pointer-events-none\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/themes\/natuerlich\/public\/images\/icons\/pattern-secondary-bottom-1.b4ee56.svg\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n                  <figure class=\"m-0 w-full\">\n <div class=\"ratio ratio-5x3\">     <img width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-LEOP-Uli-Deck-5-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-cover rounded-2xl  wp-image\" alt=\"Bild der LEOP von innen (Landau, S\u00fcdpfalz)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-LEOP-Uli-Deck-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-LEOP-Uli-Deck-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-LEOP-Uli-Deck-5-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-LEOP-Uli-Deck-5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-LEOP-Uli-Deck-5-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/v-er.eu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/Vulcan-LEOP-Uli-Deck-5-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n <\/div> <\/figure>                                  <\/div>\n<\/div>          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_5c8b553de7a37bf8773c2ef016030074\" class=\"block__accordion block block_margin\">\n      <div>\n  <svg height=\"20\" width=\"100\" class=\"h-8 md:h-12 lg:h-20 w-full  text-gray-50\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 10\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n  <polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"0 10 10 0 10 10\"><\/polygon>\n  <\/svg>\n<\/div>    <div class=\"bg-gray-50 pt-12 lg:pt-20 pb-20\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n      <div class=\"row gap-y-14\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 md:col-5\">\n          <div class=\"sticky top-40\">\n  <h2 >\n          <span class=\"PreHeadline block text-3xl hyphens-auto font-bold text-secondary font-highlight\">Learn more<\/span>\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-primary\">on the <strong> topic.<\/strong><\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"block\">\n      <p class=\"mb-last-item\">As part of our integrated project, we are utilising the deep geothermal energy of the Upper Rhine Graben for both renewable energies and sustainable lithium. That is why we are doing our utmost to provide information about deep geothermal energy. Below you will find further interesting links on the topic.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n  \n<\/div>        <\/div>\n\n                  <div class=\"col-12 md:col-7\">\n\n            <div x-data=\"{}\">\n\n                              <div class=\"rounded-lg bg-white shadow mb-4\"\n                  x-data=\"{activeAccordion: false}\">\n\n                  <h3 class=\"mb-0\">\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-primary text-xl font-bold mb-0\"><button class=\"flex w-full items-center justify-between text-left px-6 py-4\"\n                        @click='activeAccordion = !activeAccordion'\n                        :class=\"{ 'text-primary': activeAccordion }\">\n                        <span>Federal Association for Geothermal Energy<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"ml-4\" \n                          x-text=\"activeAccordion ? &#039;-&#039; : &#039;+&#039;\">\n                        <\/span>\n                      <\/button><\/span>\n      <\/h3>\n                  <div x-cloak x-collapse \n                    x-show=\"activeAccordion\">\n                    <div class=\"px-6 pb-6\">\n                      <p class=\"mb-last-item\">Since 1991, the Federal Association for Geothermal Energy has made it its mission to inform the public about all aspects of geothermal energy and deep geothermal energy. Here you will not only find the latest news and exciting key figures, but also relevant questions about geothermal energy in your home, groundwater protection or insurance in the event of damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-last-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geothermie.de\/geothermie\/einstieg-in-die-geothermie\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                              <div class=\"rounded-lg bg-white shadow mb-4\"\n                  x-data=\"{activeAccordion: false}\">\n\n                  <h3 class=\"mb-0\">\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-primary text-xl font-bold mb-0\"><button class=\"flex w-full items-center justify-between text-left px-6 py-4\"\n                        @click='activeAccordion = !activeAccordion'\n                        :class=\"{ 'text-primary': activeAccordion }\">\n                        <span>State Research Centre for Geothermal Energy<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"ml-4\" \n                          x-text=\"activeAccordion ? &#039;-&#039; : &#039;+&#039;\">\n                        <\/span>\n                      <\/button><\/span>\n      <\/h3>\n                  <div x-cloak x-collapse \n                    x-show=\"activeAccordion\">\n                    <div class=\"px-6 pb-6\">\n                      <p class=\"mb-last-item\">The State Research Centre for Geothermal Energy has developed comprehensive answers to many questions on deep geothermal energy in collaboration with experts from various specialist areas. Easy-to-understand summaries and clear illustrations for each area make the programme accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-last-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfzg.de\/63.php\">Learn more <\/a><\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                              <div class=\"rounded-lg bg-white shadow mb-4\"\n                  x-data=\"{activeAccordion: false}\">\n\n                  <h3 class=\"mb-0\">\n              <span class=\"Headline block hyphens-auto text-primary text-xl font-bold mb-0\"><button class=\"flex w-full items-center justify-between text-left px-6 py-4\"\n                        @click='activeAccordion = !activeAccordion'\n                        :class=\"{ 'text-primary': activeAccordion }\">\n                        <span>Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Mining and Geology<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"ml-4\" \n                          x-text=\"activeAccordion ? &#039;-&#039; : &#039;+&#039;\">\n                        <\/span>\n                      <\/button><\/span>\n      <\/h3>\n                  <div x-cloak x-collapse \n                    x-show=\"activeAccordion\">\n                    <div class=\"px-6 pb-6\">\n                      <p class=\"mb-last-item\">The Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Mining and Geology can provide special insights into regional geothermal energy and current projects. 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