Deep Geothermal Energy in the Jura Is Taking a Crucial Step

Herbert Frommes Versicherungsmonitor

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Munich Re intends to secure geothermal drilling in cooperation with the federal funding bank KfW Geothermie-Bohrungen. The so-called "Fündigkeitsversicherung" should apply if a borehole, which in any case causes costs in millions, remains without results. Above all, municipalities, which could not bear the costs in case of non-solvency, should profit. But companies with heat requirements are also eligible according to Munich Re. The pilot projec…

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In Haute-Sorne (JU), the first phase of the deep geothermal project ended to give way to a crucial stage: a long period of analysis to decide whether or not to continue the project.