Europe: News from the European Geothermal Energy Council

EGEC Newsletter - January

News from the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)

Special Report: 

• Geothermal energy, sustainability and development 
• Partial or incorrect information threatens geothermal development

Policy:

• Clean Energy Package: Parliament backs 35% renewables target
• Clean Energy Industrial Competitiveness and Innovation Forum for Renewables

News:

• The first sub-horizontal geothermal well of the world completed near Paris
• New report by IRENA shows competitiveness of geothermal based on LCOE
• Dominica to recover thanks to geothermal energy
• Geothermal plants in Azores Islands meet large part of electricity demand
• Greece works for a new institutional framework for geothermal energy 
• Munich and neighbouring municipalities praise cooperation on geothermal energy

Projects:

• Implementation Plan on Deep Geothermal approved
• GEO-ENERGY EUROPE: cluster collaboration for sustainable use of geo-energy

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