{"id":18458,"date":"2024-04-26T03:05:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T03:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energybuzz.ph\/staging\/6915\/geothermal-drilling-in-haute-sorne-switzerland-to-begin-by-may-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:05:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T03:05:18","slug":"geothermal-drilling-in-haute-sorne-switzerland-to-begin-by-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energybuzz.ph\/staging\/6915\/geothermal-drilling-in-haute-sorne-switzerland-to-begin-by-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Geothermal drilling in Haute Sorne, Switzerland to begin by May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>With preparations of the drilling site\u00a0 close to completion, the exploration drilling campaign for the planned geothermal project of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo-energie-jura.ch\/\">Geo-Energie Jura<\/a> in Haute-Sorne in the canton of Jura, Switzerland is set to begin by the 21st of May 2024. Drilling is then expected to last three months.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-MW Haute-Sorne geothermal power project is being executed by Geo-Energie Jura, a public limited company with shareholds <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.geo-energie.ch\/\">Geo-Energie Suisse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebl.ch\/de\/\">EBL<\/a> (Genossenschaft Elektra Baselland), <a title=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ch\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EWB<\/a> (Energie Wasser Bern) and <a title=\"https:\/\/www.ewz.ch\/fr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewz.ch\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EWZ <\/a>(Elektrizit\u00e4tswerk der Stadt Z\u00fcrich). The project will supply clean power to around 6000 households. In addition, waste heat from the power plant can be supplied to a district heating network or utilized as industrial heat.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be located in a 2-ha area in the industrial zone of Glovelier.<\/p>\n<p>A seismic measurement campaign had just been completed at the study site to collect more data on the subsurface. Other geophysical measurements are also planned as part of the geothermal project, including passive measurements carried out by the University of Geneva and a 3D seismic reflection campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the preparation of the drill site started in October 2023. With now two cellars and two retention ponds, the site is practically ready for rig mobilization which is scheduled by the first week of May.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a positive outcome for the Haute-Sorne geothermal project which has had to grapple with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkgeoenergy.com\/more-legal-security-requested-for-geothermal-projects-in-switzerland\/\">controversy and negative public opinion early on<\/a>. To address these concerns, the canton of Jura enacted additional safety requirements for all stages of the projects. With these concerns taken into consideration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkgeoenergy.com\/canton-of-jura-signs-agreement-to-start-haute-sorne-geothermal-project\/\">the project had once again been given the green light<\/a> to proceed in mid-2022.<\/p>\n<p>Source: RFJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfj.ch\/rfj\/Actualite\/Region\/20240417-Date-connue-pour-les-travaux-de-forage-du-projet-de-geothermie-profonde.html\">1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfj.ch\/rfj\/Actualite\/Region\/20240424-Geothermie-profonde-Les-travaux-de-preparation-sont-presque-termines.html\">2<\/a>) and and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo-energie-jura.ch\/2023\/10\/25\/d%C3%A9but-des-travaux\/\">Geo Energie Jura<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkgeoenergy.com\/geothermal-drilling-in-haute-sorne-switzerland-to-begin-by-may-2024\/\">Geothermal drilling in Haute Sorne, Switzerland to begin by May 2024<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkgeoenergy.com\/\">ThinkGeoEnergy &#8211; Geothermal Energy News<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Drill site preparation for the Haute-Sorne geothermal power project in Jura, Switzerland is almost complete, and drilling is expected to start by May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkgeoenergy.com\/geothermal-drilling-in-haute-sorne-switzerland-to-begin-by-may-2024\/\">Geothermal drilling in Haute Sorne, Switzerland to begin by May 2024<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkgeoenergy.com\/\">ThinkGeoEnergy &#8211; Geothermal Energy News<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1251,1057,14970,4467,14670,14669,17535,170,17536,16714,7490],"class_list":["post-18458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1251","tag-begin","tag-drilling","tag-energy","tag-geo","tag-geothermal","tag-haute","tag-may","tag-sorne","tag-switzerland","tag-think"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Geothermal drilling in Haute Sorne, Switzerland to begin by May 2024 - Energy Buzz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/energybuzz.ph\/geothermal-drilling-in-haute-sorne-switzerland-to-begin-by-may-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geothermal drilling in Haute Sorne, Switzerland to begin by May 2024 - Energy Buzz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drill site preparation for the Haute-Sorne geothermal power project in Jura, Switzerland is almost complete, and drilling is expected to start by May 2024. 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