Monday, October 30, 2017

Europe: News from the European Geothermal Energy Council

EGEC Newsletter - October

News from the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)


Policy:
  • More ambition to stay world leader in renewables
  • Update on Clean Energy for All Europeans Package files: Electricity and Heating & Cooling
News:
  • Geothermal power plant in Iceland is the first “Negative-Emissions” facility
  • Italy relies on geothermal energy for innovative heating projects
  • Geothermal heating project in Paris-Saclay in France to decrease bills for residents
  • Stoke-on-Trent, UK to start a pioneering, energy-efficient geothermal heat network 
  • The Netherlands: first geothermal station in The Hague in 2018
  • First Hungarian geothermal power plant to start operations in November
Projects:
  • Deep Geothermal ETIP: Next meeting to take place in November, in Brussels
  • GeoHeatPol: Polish Ministries to support geothermal development 
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