Tuesday, February 28, 2017

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