Drilling completed for expansion of Vogelaer geothermal heating facility, Netherlands

Drilling site of Aardwarmte Vogelaer in the Netherlands (source: Aardwarmte Vogelaer)

Carlo Cariaga 16 Sep 2025

After a drilling period of two months, the drilling of production and reinjection wells for the second geothermal heating installation of Aardwarmte Vogelaer in the Netherlands has been completed. The second facility, which will supply geothermal heat to another 16 horticultural businesses, is expected to start operations by the end of 2025.

Drilling of the doublet for the expansion of the Aardwarmte Vogelear geothermal heating facility started in September 2023. However, well integrity and completion issues were encountered, necessitating the need to drill a sidetrack well. This suspended the work in December 2023, and operations resumed again on June 2025. A sidetrack was drilled from the reinjection well to about 2800 meters, and the production well was drilled to a total depth of about 3000 meters.

Even over the months when drilling had to be suspended, the company continued work on the construction of the pipes for the heating network, as well as other surface facilities. The second heating facility is located next to the first geothermal installation on Arckelweg in Poeldijk. The second phase of the project was completed with Yeager Energy, which acquired a majority stake in Aardwarmte Vogelaer in early 2025. Thanks to optimal cooperation with all parties involved, the drilling was successful.

Aardwarmte Vogelear already supplies geothermal heating to 18 greenhouse horticulture businesses in Honselersdijk, Poeldijk, and Monster in the Westland municipality in the Netherlands. There are now also plans to supply heat to over 400 homes in the Westmade Noord residential area in Monster. Eventually, the company plans to connect to the Westland heating network.

Source: Aardwarmte Vogelaer