Monday, June 29, 2015

Europe:

The EGEC Newsletter June 2015 - The Voice of Geothermal in Europe

The new edition of the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) newsletter is out.

Editorial
  • European Sustainable Energy week
  • ReGeoCities
Policy
  • 2020 renewables targets: EU Commission urges new measures for geothermal heat technologies'
  • Towards an EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling: Key recommendations from the renewable heat industries
  • Don’t cap renewables and efficiency: Call from renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental associations.
News
  • International Energy Information Portal Relaunched in USA
  • US, Philippines, Indonesia top-3 in geothermal capacity 2014
  • Calls for a Global Apollo programme to combat climate change
  • EU to provide €15 million investment grant to the Geothermal Development Facility Latin America (GDF)
  • Five heat projects in Scotland secure funding for feasibility studies.
Heat pumps and space cooling
  • New method for measuring past temperatures in Rocks could be used in Geothermal industry.
  • New European Risk financing for demonstration projects.
  • St Gallen project receives 18.2 Million CHF in insurance payment
  • New EGS activity in Switzerland.
  • Development of 150 million EUR in funding for Geothermal projects in Germany.
  • Public consultation for exclusive exploration permit in Auvergne, France
  • Breakthrough Court decision requires Dutch government to further reduce its CO2 emissions
  • US Funding for Feasibility study in Kuyucak, Turkey
  • International consortium signed a contract for the construction of a geothermal power plant in Kenya
Projects
  • ReGeoCities: Designing regulatory systems for shallow geothermal Energy in Cities
  • The Heat Under Your Feet: New promotional material for Shallow Geothermal Energy 
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