Event agenda
Friday, 10 October 2025
08:00 - 15:30
Visit Riehen (hydrothermal District Heating system)
The geothermal plant in Riehen is the largest and also the oldest plant of its kind in Switzerland
08:00 - 16:30
Visit Haute-Sorne EGS project
Haute-Sorne EGS project (Duration of visit from 8:00 am to 16:30 pm)
08:15 - 13:30
Visit Baden "Where resource meets surface"
Switzerland’s most mineral-rich thermal water and a long tradition of wellness treatments: the city of Baden truly lives up to its name, which means “bathing” in German
Sign-ups available from 1 Sept 2025, 00:00 to 15 Sept 2025, 00:00
08:30 - 14:00
Visit Grob Gemüse - Visits of a hydrothermal system with a 800 m horizontal well
The Grob family has been committed to sustainable vegetable production for years.
08:30 - 15:30
Visit SWATCH/OMEGA Headquarter with innovative ATES technology
The concept of using groundwater, which provides heating and cooling for the headquarters of the Omega Manufacture, Swatch and the Cité du Temps, is unique in Switzerland.
08:30 - 18:00
Visit ETHZ Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies
The BedrettoLab is a unique research infrastructure run by ETH Zurich making it possible to take a close look at the Earth’s interior. WARNING : Participants need to be in good physical condition (5 km walk carrying 4 kg)
09:00 - 12:00
Visit ETHZ GEG Laboratory geothermal R&D activities
The Geothermal Energy and Geofluids group conducts research in geophysical fluid dynamics of subsurface multiphase, multicomponent, reactive fluid and energy transfer
Visit ETHZ Hönggerberg - a large geothermal probe field connected to an anergy network
ETH Zurich's Hönggerberg campus is a city district with over 12’000 students and employees, in more than 30 buildings and consuming almost 77 gigawatt hours of energy per year
09:00 - 16:00
Visit Hagerbach Underground Test Gallery
A fantastic World Underground: The numerous tunnels, caverns, experimental fields, laboratories and seminar rooms offer a perfect base for research, development, testing, real scale trials, as well as all kinds of events.
09:30 - 11:00
Visit Zürich Airport (geostructures and deep Aquifer storage)
Geothermal systems, in particular energy piles, deliver a valuable energy storage to heat and cool the dock E for over 20 years and since 2020 The Circle - a workplace and business hub at the airport.