Begun last June, the drilling of the first well for the future geothermal power plant in Fonroche has yielded promising results. "The tests and analyzes carried out during this phase confirm the expected potential for energy production," says the company, which has been working on this renewable energy field since 2011.
The production of electricity and the connection to the electricity grid for the distribution of electricity produced are scheduled for the end of 2019. Fonroche foresees for this first electricity-heat cogeneration unit an 8 MW power generation capacity, sufficient for power supply of 9,000 homes. Not to mention the production of 40 MW thermal equivalent to the heat supply of 26,000 homes or 70 hectares of agricultural greenhouses.
The energy produced here will fuel the future neighboring Rhine EcoParc and the companies that will settle there in the coming months. The Strasbourg Eurometropolis has also called for the creation of agricultural greenhouses on one hectare, in partnership with interested farmers.
