Geothermal innovation: advancing energy transition in Lausanne and Geneva
Event details
| Date | 21.10.2024 |
| Hour | 12:00 › 13:15 |
| Speaker |
Dr Chadia Volery Dr Michel Meyer |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | French, English |
De-risking and developing deep geothermal energy in Lausanne, Switzerland
Presented by Dr Chadia Volery, Engineering geologist and Director of operations at SIL (Services Industriels Lausanne)
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.
Developing geothermal production and storage for Geneva's energy transition
Presented by Dr Michel Meyer, Head of thermal and solar energy, SIG (Services Industriels de Genève)
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 Dr Chadia Volery, Engineering geologist and Director of operations at SIL (Services Industriels Lausanne)
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.
Developing geothermal production and storage for Geneva's energy transition
Presented by Dr Michel Meyer, Head of thermal and solar energy, SIG (Services Industriels de Genève)
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.
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