Past Projects

2016-03-01 - 2021-05-31

Demonstration of Soft Stimulation Treatments of Geothermal Reservoirs (DESTRESS)

Demonstration of Soft Stimulation Treatments of Geothermal Reservoirs (DESTRESS)

DESTRESS stands for a promising and future-oriented approach to demonstrate soft stimulation methods of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). ...

2017-01-01 - 2021-12-31

Bedretto Reservoir Project (BRP)

Currently, the largest project at the Bedretto Lab is the Bedretto Reservoir Project. It encompasses three sub-projects with complementary targets for the development of a large-scale deep ...

2017-02-02 - 2021-12-31

Validating of Technologies for Reservoir Engineering (VALTER)

The VALTER project comprises two large-scale in-situ experiments at different scales: in the Grimsel and Bedretto tunnels. ...

2018-05-01 - 2021-11-30

Zonal Isolation, Drilling and Exploitation of EGS projects (ZoDrEx)

The ZoDrEx project aims at demonstrating drilling, completion and production products and technologies that will increase the technical and economical chances of success in geothermal energy ...

2019-10-01 - 2022-10-01

Creating a hierarchy of fracture network in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) through innovative hydraulic fracturing stimulation (ETH Grant_Ma)

The proposed project seeks to demonstrate that the creation of a hierarchy of fracture network is necessary for an effective stimulation of the deep geothermal reservoirs (i.e., hot dry rocks). ...

2019-12-01 - 2020-12-31

Monitoring and scientific equipment for the Bedretto Deep Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies (R’Equip)

The SNSF R’Equip fund provided additional funding for equipping the BedrettoLab with: borehole infrastructure geophysical logging instruments equipment for hydraulic characterization ...

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