Project

The Bedretto Reservoir Project encompassed three sub-projects with complementary targets for the development of a large-scale deep reservoir for the circulation of water and the storage and extraction of geothermal energy:

1. VALTER

2. DESTRESS

3. ZoDrEx

The leaders of the SCCER-SoE, VALTER, DESTRESS, and ZoDrEx projects decided to implement the parts of their projects that concerned the BedrettoLab in close collaboration. This allowed them to optimize the use of resources and exploit synergies, for example through the common use of monitoring systems, shared access to boreholes, and reduced mobilization and installation costs (e.g., drilling).

Predecessor of the Bedretto Reservoir Project: Grimsel ISC