Assessment of deep geothermal research and development in the Upper Rhine Graben

M Frey, K Bär, I Stober, J Reinecker, J van der Vaart… - Geothermal …, 2022 - Springer
Deep geothermal energy represents a key element of future renewable energy production
due to its base load capability and the almost inexhaustible resource base. Especially with …

Lithium-rich geothermal brines in Europe: An up-date about geochemical characteristics and implications for potential Li resources

B Sanjuan, B Gourcerol, R Millot, D Rettenmaier… - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium (Li) is a strategic metal-especially for batteries in electric vehicles-for which
worldwide demand is constantly increasing. Presently, several investigations are examining …

Permeability estimating beyond boreholes from electrical conductivity data determined from magnetotelluric sounding: Soultz-sous-Forêts site (France) case study

V Spichak, O Zakharova - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Permeability of intact and fractured core samples collected in EPS1 borehole at the Soultz-
sous-Forêts geothermal site (France) is used for neural network permeability prediction …

Ambient noise tomography with non-uniform noise sources and low aperture networks: case study of deep geothermal reservoirs in northern Alsace, France

M Lehujeur, J Vergne, A Maggi… - … Supplements to the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We developed and applied a method for ambient noise surface wave tomography that can
deal with noise cross-correlation functions governed to first order by a non-uniform …

Possible natural fluid pathways from gravity pseudo-tomography in the geothermal fields of Northern Alsace (Upper Rhine Graben)

P Baillieux, E Schill, Y Abdelfettah, C Dezayes - Geothermal Energy, 2014 - Springer
Background This study aims on investigating the regional flow field of the Soultz and
adjacent geothermal fields located on the western side of the central Upper Rhine Graben …

Status of the Soultz geothermal project during exploitation between 2010 and 2012

A Genter, N Cuenot, X Goerke, M Bernd… - 37th Workshop on …, 2012 - brgm.hal.science
A three-year research program (2010-2012) associated with the geothermal exploitation of
the Soultz-sous-Forêts power plant is on-going with a scientific and technical monitoring …

Heat and fluid transport induced by convective fluid circulation within a fracture or fault

JW Patterson, T Driesner, S Matthai… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Natural water convection in subvertical fractures, fracture zones, or faults can perturb the
temperature field around the fracture and enhance and focus vertical heat flow within. We …

Modelling earthquake location errors at a reservoir scale: a case study in the Upper Rhine Graben

X Kinnaert, E Gaucher, U Achauer… - Geophysical Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Earthquake absolute location errors which can be encountered in an underground reservoir
are investigated. In such an exploitation context, earthquake hypocentre errors can have an …

The effect of thermo-elastic stress re-distribution on geothermal production from a vertical fracture zone

JW Patterson, T Driesner - Geothermics, 2020 - Elsevier
Injection of cold water into fracture zones in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) induces
contractive thermo-elastic strains in the host rock, locally altering the stress state of the …

3-D structural regional model of the EGS Soultz site (northern Upper Rhine Graben, France): insights and perspectives

P Bailleux, E Schill, C Dezayes - 36rd Workshop on Geothermal …, 2011 - brgm.hal.science
In a perspective of geothermal exploration in graben systems, we analyse the recently built
consistent structural model of Soultz area (Dezayes et al., this issue) in order to understand …