Europeans Report Progress on Enhanced Geothermal System

摘要

On September 27, 1998, the European industrial partnership called Socomine convened the Fourth International Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Forum in Strasburg, France, near the Soultz HDR project site. The location was fitting because the Soultz project is by far the most advanced in the race to produce power from an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) reservoir. The forum was an opportunity for the world EGS community to showcase its research and development successes and report on the status of national programs and projects. While much of the meeting focused on current and future R&D at Soultz, the US, Japan, and Australia reported that they are progressing in the development of their EGS programs.