Maren Brehme

Dr. Maren Brehme is a Lecturer at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich, specializing in geothermal energy systems and subsurface fluid dynamics. Her research focuses on geothermal reservoir engineering, CO2 storage integration, and sustainable energy solutions. She is affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics and contributes to projects addressing geothermal resource assessment, reservoir stimulation, and environmental impacts of energy extraction. Her work bridges geology, geochemistry, and engineering, with emphasis on optimizing geothermal operations and mitigating operational challenges such as injectivity decline and clogging.

Her research interests encompass geothermal reservoir modeling, diagenetic processes in high-CO2 environments, and interdisciplinary approaches to energy systems. She has published extensively on topics including geothermal precipitates, CO2-plume geothermal (CPG) systems, and the techno-economic viability of geothermal energy for heat and power applications.

Key projects include studies on the Aachen geothermal system, Mezőberény sandstone reservoirs, and the Aquistore CCS site in Canada. Her work often involves numerical simulations and field case studies, contributing to the advancement of geothermal energy technologies and their integration with carbon capture strategies.