Question 35140 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mrs Martine Wonner alerts the Minister of Ecological Transition about the deep geothermal work in the Strasbourg region. The earth trembles in Strasbourg. Since November 12, 2019, no less than 10 earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 2 on the Richter scale have been felt in the urban area. Fear gripped the Alsatians on December 4, 2020, when they felt the tremors of a 3.6 magnitude earthquake. An intensity described as extraordinary and abnormal by the Bas-Rhin prefecture. These seismic events coincide with the geothermal activity of the Fonroche company, which is carrying out tests with a view to operating a well in the town of Vendenheim, near Strasbourg. Alsace has a geothermal wealth unique in France with water in its subsoil of up to 200 degrees. No less than 6 projects are currently underway development in the region, including two in the MP's constituency. Considering these abnormal seismic events, the prefecture decided to definitively halt Fonroche's operations in Vendenheim, without calling into question the other projects currently in progress; but the citizens and the elected official that she is are wondering. Continue to send water 5,000 m deep into an already sensitive geological fault and unstable is a more than risky bet, in view of current scientific knowledge and at a time when the inhabitants of his constituency are increasing the number of declarations of damage to their homes. Furthermore, while the Fonroche company, which has invested 100 million euros on its Vendenheim site, is asked to close it, while the Government has announced the end of subsidies for the production of electricity from deep geothermal energy, what guarantees has the State provided to operators to support their investments? Finally, she asks him what the future prospects of geothermal energy are in Alsace.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.