Thursday, December 19, 2019

Europe: Geothermal News from EGEC

The EGEC Newsletter December 2019 - The Voice of Geothermal in Europe

The December issue of the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) Newsletter is now available.

Click here to download. In this issue:

Policy
  • Launch of the European Green Deal
  • New factsheet / Geothermal Energy: Embedding lithium production and clean energy-value chains in the EU
  • Coalition of stakeholders calls for an increase in EU climate and energy ambition
  • The DECARB HEAT Initiative is committed to supporting the European Green Deal
News
  • Part of The Hague plans move from natural gas to geothermal district heating
  • Drilling started at geothermal heating project in Paris- VallĂ©e de la Marne, France
  • GEOPRO project receives funding for work on modelling geofluid characteristics
  • Demonstration of thermal energy storage at Kizildere geothermal plant, Turkey
  • Oil & gas firm pledges $390k to clean energy program at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland
  • Netherlands launch code of conduct for environmental involvement in geothermal projects
Projects
  • Decarbonising cities with geothermal district heating: how to finance it?
  • GEORISK Helpdesk for public authorities
  • GEO-ENERGY Europe came to an end, but next phase already planned