Partners

ETH Zürich is a leading international university for technology and the natural sciences and regularly appears at the top of international rankings as one of the best universities in the world. Founded in 1855, ETH Zürich today has more than 20,000 students from about 120 countries, including 4’425 doctoral students. Relevant to GEOTWINS, ETH Zürich has been ranked no. 1 in Geology,  Geophysics, and Earth & Marine Sciences by Q.S World University Ranking from 2021 to 2025.

The Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich coordinates this project and is the federal office and major research institution responsible for earthquake monitoring, alerting, hazard and risk assessment. With a staff of more than 80 people, the SED covers a wide range of expertise and has been and is a leading partner in multiple European and international projects in the field of seismology (e.g., RISE, ERC Synergy project FEAR), induced seismicity (e.g., DEEP-Geothermica), risk and multi-risk (e.g., NERA, EFEHR), and has a leading role in the design and development of next-generation seismological hazard and risk assessment as well as data sharing technology. SED is also a core partner in the Bedretto and Mont Terri underground research labs. In the context of GEOTWINS, SED will also subcontract two emerging spin-off companies: Mignan Risk Analytics led by Dr. Arnaud Mignan and Sustain, led by Dr. Edoardo Pezzulli.

Geo-Energie Suisse (GES) was founded in 2010 by seven Swiss city and cantonal utilities as the Swiss Centre of Competence for Deep Geothermal Energy (DGE) for power and heat production. The primary objective of GES is to implement DGE pilot projects - primarily focusing on multi-stage EGS. Currently, GES employs twenty-one specialists in geology, geophysics, seismology, and environmental, reservoir, and drilling engineering. GES is deeply involved in the UTAH FORGE project, collaborating closely with Fervo Energy and the operator of the Haute-Sorne EGS project.