GEOTHERMAL

Swiss breakthrough for deep geothermal energy

Geo-Energie Suisse has been able to provide technical evidence of its multi-stage stimulation concept for geothermal energy in Switzerland.

 A seismometer chain being installed in borehole ST1, under the direction of Geo-Energie Suisse, to monitor the stimulation in borehole ST2, in the Bedretto laboratory at ETH Zurich

A seismometer chain being installed in borehole ST1, under the direction of Geo-Energie Suisse, to monitor the stimulation in borehole ST2, in the Bedretto laboratory at ETH Zurich

At the moment there is one central difficulty that has to be overcome to use geothermal energy as a renewable power source across the board and economically: its reliable and location-independent development...

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