Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Europe: Geothermal News from EGEC

The EGEC Newsletter January 2017 - The Voice of Geothermal in Europe

The December issue of the EGEC Newsletter is now available.
Click here to download it. In this issue:

Editorial
  • A word from the EGEC President: EGEC upcoming news and dossiers, DG ETIP activities
Policy
  • European Commission approves new support scheme in France
  • Innovation Fund: Commission launched a stakeholder consultation
  • Commission publishes guidance for the cost-effective introduction of individual metering and billing in buildings with multiple residents
News
  • Vacancy IGA Executive Director
  • ADB backing clean energy investments in Shaanxi, China, with potential benefits to geothermal
  • ENGIE wins geothermal heating project contract in Bordeaux, France
  • Enel Green Power wins auction for a 20 MW geothermal project in Tuscany, Italy
  • Collaboration agreement between Enel Green Power and COSVIG for testing the use of geothermal resources in algae production
  • New report on EGS Permeability Stimulation
  • IEA’s Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2016 increases renewable growth forecast
  • IRENA Report on the potential across South East Europe for cost-competitive renewable power generation
  • Mission Innovation launches the “Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings Innovation Challenge”
Projects
  • FROnT: Result oriented final report
  • Deep Geothermal ETIP: Draft Agenda of the next meeting and General Assembly