EGEC’s Annual Report 2022 looks back at the work of the organization and the performance of the European Geothermal sector over the past year, while it looks forward to the challenges ahead.
EGEC welcomes the European Commission’s proposals for a Critical Raw Materials Act and the Net Zero Industry Act. It is vital to strengthen existing European industrial value-chains for geothermal energy to meet the rapid demand driven by consumers and EU policy.
On 1st February, the European Commission presented The Green Deal Industrial Plan; Measures include simplifying permitting, adapting EU state aid rules, leveraging EU funds, reinforcing supply chain and enhancing skills.
Proceedings of the European Geothermal Congress 2022 are available here. The ISBN code is 978-2-9601946-2-3.
3 March 2023 – EGEC would like to announce that the winner of the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2023 is Huisman Geo, with its innovative project Composite Downhole Tubulars.
The ITRE committee of the European Parliament adopted today the recast on Energy performance of Building Directive (EPBD). In the final negotiation (EP vote in Plenary and with Council), phase out the use of fossil fuels in heating and cooling must remain the priority.
In March 2023 EGEC will announce the final winner among the six endorsed nominations for the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2023. The six finalists are (in alphabetical order by company):
Geothermal lithium is extracted from brines used in energy production. It is the most sustainable way to extract lithium compared to hard rock mining or evaporation, which are significantly more harmful to the environment and CO2 intensive. Geothermal lithium provides Europe with greater independence in lithium production and imports.
To fully represent the geothermal technologies for Research & Innovation and reflect the technology trends and the market development, ETIP DG and geothermal panel of the ETIP RHC become ETIP Geothermal.
Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels was exposed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Replacing this dependence through energy savings, geothermal and other renewable heating solutions is of paramount importance. We explored the policy challenges for EU policy and also the perspectives from key large heat consuming sectors.
The biggest geothermal event in Europe has just ended. More than 1300 participants attended EGC2022. What is next? Working together to ensure geothermal is at the core of the energy transition.
Berlin, 20 October 2022 – The new board of the European Geothermal Energy Council was elected at the European Geothermal Congress yesterday.
