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Case Study: Soultz-sous-Forêts

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The second case study is given for Soultz-sous-Forêts site in France, which represents an enhanced hydrothermal type of EGS reservoirs. Input files for the simulations are available from https://docs.opengeosys.org/books/geoenergy-modeling-iii. Please note that the Soultz data provided can only be used for the scope of this tutorial book and that especially commercial purposes are not allowed.

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  1. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Norihiro Watanabe

  2. Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

    Guido Blöcher & Mauro Cacace

  3. Institute of Applied Geosciences Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Sebastian Held & Thomas Kohl

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Watanabe, N., Blöcher, G., Cacace, M., Held, S., Kohl, T. (2017). Case Study: Soultz-sous-Forêts. In: Geoenergy Modeling III. SpringerBriefs in Energy(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46581-4_6

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