5th CLIMACT seminar series - Episode 3
The seminar will be held online: https://unil.zoom.us/j/98954981166
De-risking and developing deep geothermal energy in Lausanne, Switzerland
The GEOOL project aims to develop deep geothermal energy in Lausanne area, with the ambition to contribute to the energy transition by delivering renewable, local and clean heat source. Deep geothermal heat is one of the key energies for decarbonising our society.
A total of 10 seismic lines (10-15 km long each) were recently acquired in the area. The interpretation of these data in integration with legacy seismic lines and deep wells suggests that large faults and naturally fractured rocks exist below the city of Lausanne supporting a working geothermal system.
Today GEOOL is pursuing 2 challenges in parallel: acquiring long offset seismic 3D data over Lausanne agglomeration and drilling a first deep exploration well to Middle Jurassic formations at 3 km depth.
Presented by Chadia Volery, PhD, engineer geologist and director of operations GEOOL, Services industriels de Lausanne
Developing geothermal production and storage for Geneva's energy transition
The Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) has developed an ambitious geothermal energy development programme with the Canton of Geneva, starting in 2014. The aim of this programme is to enable massive, sustainable development of geothermal energy to decarbonise the energy system, by offering local, renewable and sustainable heating and domestic hot water solutions, as well as geothermal storage solutions.
To achieve this goal, considerable investments have been made not only in subsoil exploration tasks, but also in a whole range of more institutional and organisational actions. 10 years after the start of this process and the creation of a favorable framework for the development of geothermal energy, the first development projects are underway and will intensify over the next few years.
Presented by Michel Meyer, Head of thermal and solar solutions, Services industriels de Genève
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