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New attempts to convert geothermal heat into electricity

Seven Swiss energy providers have joined forces to develop projects to extract power from heat stored in the earth. Drilling is fraught with difficulties and a geothermal power project in Basel had to be stopped, but electricity companies still regard it as the energy source of the future. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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Going to the depths to raise the heat

This content was published on The Swiss are keen users of geothermal energy, which can be exploited in different ways. So far, this renewable form of energy is used only for heating and hot water: power generation is a different story. Switzerland claims a record in connection with a method that uses the natural warmth of the ground below the…

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This content was published on But supporters insisted there is no chance of the promising alternative energy source dying a death in Switzerland despite the Basel experiment ending in earthquake damage and a criminal court case. The Deep Heat Mining project in Basel was officially abandoned last month after triggering earth tremors that caused SFr9 million ($8.7 million) in damage…

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