?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fepisodesplatform.eu%2Feprints%2F2174%2F&rft.title=%E2%80%9CGood+Practice%E2%80%9D+Guide+for+Managing+Induced+Seismicity+in+Deep+Geothermal+Energy+Projects+in+Switzerland&rft.creator=Wiemer%2C+Stefan&rft.creator=Kraft%2C+Toni&rft.creator=Trutnevyte%2C+Evelina&rft.creator=Roth%2C+Philippe&rft.subject=Other-additional+study&rft.subject=Geothermal+energy+production&rft.description=Switzerland+is+facing+a+challenging+turn+in+its+energy+policy.+Nuclear+power+plants%2C+which+cover+39%25+to+45%25+(in+winter)+of+the+national+electricity+consumption%2C+will+be+phased+out+over%0D%0Athe+next+decades.+Strategies+for+future+energy+supply1%0D%0Ainclude+deep+geothermal+energy+as+a%0D%0Apotential+resource+of+both+heat+and+electricity+generation+that+is+extremely+large%2C+nearly+CO2%0D%0Afree%2C+domestically+sourced+and+probably+reliable+(e.g.+Hirschberg+et+al.+2015).%0D%0ABoth+high-profile%2C+deep+geothermal+energy+projects+initiated+in+Switzerland+in+the+last+10%0D%0Ayears+have+been+stopped+%E2%80%93+with+financial+losses+exceeding+100+Mio.+Swiss+Francs+%E2%80%93+partly%0D%0Abecause+of+felt+induced+earthquakes+and+the+concerns+they+caused.+Other+types+of+geoenergy+projects+using+the+deep+underground+have+been+experiencing+similar+challenges%0D%0Aaround+the+globe%2C+such+as+fracking-related+waste-water+disposal+in+the+eastern+United+States%2C%0D%0Afracking-induced+earthquakes+in+United+Kingdom+and+western+Canada%2C+ground-waterextraction-related+induced+earthquakes+in+Spain+or+gas-reservoir+depletion-related+earthquakes+in+the+Netherlands.+Managing+induced+seismicity+has+thus+increasingly+become+one+of%0D%0Athe+most+pressing+challenges+for+geothermal+and+other+geo-energy+applications+that+alter+the%0D%0Astress+and+pore-pressure+conditions+in+the+underground+(Kraft+et+al.%2C+2009%3B+Giardini%2C+2009%3B%0D%0AZoback+et+al.%2C+2012%3B+Ellsworth%2C+2013%3B+Grigoli+et+al.%2C+2017).%0D%0AAs+a+consequence%2C+the+topic+of+induced+earthquakes+is+now+high+on+the+agenda+of+many+research+institutions+worldwide%2C+leading+to+a+strong+increase+in+the+number+of+scientific%2C+peerreviewed+publications+(Figure+1).+The+knowledge+and+understanding+of+induced+seismicity+is%0D%0Aevolving+rapidly.&rft.publisher=Swiss+Seismological+Service+(SED)&rft.date=2017-10&rft.type=Reports&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Wiemer%2C+Stefan+and+Kraft%2C+Toni+and+Trutnevyte%2C+Evelina+and+Roth%2C+Philippe++(2017)+%E2%80%9CGood+Practice%E2%80%9D+Guide+for+Managing+Induced+Seismicity+in+Deep+Geothermal+Energy+Projects+in+Switzerland.++Other.+Swiss+Seismological+Service+(SED).+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fseismo.ethz.ch%2Fexport%2Fsites%2Fsedsite%2Fresearch-and-teaching%2F.galleries%2Fpdf_products_software%2FGood-Practice-Guide-for-Managing-Induced-Seismicity-in-Deep-Geothermal-Energy-Projects-in-Switzerland_v1.0.pdf