Europe: Geothermal News from EGEC

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

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

Editorial

• A word from the EGEC President: EGEC at GeoTHERM, the European Geothermal Innovation Award 2017, and General Assembly of the DG ETIP

Policy

• Energy Ministers discuss new EU energy package
• Briefing on the proposed new Renewable Energy Directive available for EGEC members

News

• GEOTHERMICA pre-announces a joint call for Geothermal Projects
• Switzerland announces attractive feed-in-tariffs for geothermal power
• Fonroche to start drilling for a new geothermal project in the Alsace, France, in June 2017
• New MSc in Geothermal Engineering
• TURBODEN awarded by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES the Best Innovation Prize of 2016
• ADEME report on costs of renewable energy in France
• In Iceland electric cars will be powered by geothermal energy
• enOware GmbH awarded the European Geothermal Innovation Award 2017

Projects

• GEOTHERMICA: Accelerating the deployment of geothermal energy in Europe
• Deep Geothermal ETIP: New Steering Committee elected in Offenburg