The European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) and Geothermie-Suisse are delighted to announce that the European Geothermal Congress (EGC) will be held on 6-10 October 2025 in Zürich, Switzerland.
Brussels, 17th April 2024 – The European Committee of the Regions’ plenary adopted its Opinion entitled “On the role of geothermal in localising energy production”, led by József Ribányi from the European Conservatives & Reformist Group (ECR), with nearly total support.
Available for members and non-members(until the 24th of April) Only 7 slots available This is the second year that EGEC offers members and non-members the possibility to advertise themselves through the one and only geothermal Market Report in Europe. Only 7 slots are available.
EGEC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Commission’s guidelines on designating renewables acceleration areas (RAAs) and highlight the following: Need for a fair evaluation of geothermal-based electricity A higher use of non-price criteria is needed Need for renewable energy auctions by technology Read the full EGEC Response. See EGEC factsheet on Auctions to deploy geothermal.
EGEC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Commission’s guidelines on designating renewables acceleration areas (RAAs) and highlight the following: Read the full EGEC Response.
EGEC welcomes the Commission's effort to assess the state of public funding and the capacity of EU countries to increase the uptake of private investment in energy efficiency. We firmly believe that geothermal energy can give a great contribution towards this objective.
APRIL
19
10:00am-12:00pm CET
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! EGEC is pleased to announce the upcoming ETIP Geothermal Webinar: “Updates on Drilling for Geothermal”. The webinar will take place on the 19th of April 2024 and participants are invited to host presentations around the following the two thematic areas: Drilling Design Drilling Technologies The event is open for attendance to everyone interested in the topic, registration is mandatory. register here Agenda Welcome - Philippe Dumas, EGEC Secretary-General 10:00 – 11:00 Session 1 Drilling Design & Technologies Moderator: Laurent Escare, StoreEnergy, co-leader of ETIP-Geothermal WG on Well Technologies Naveen Velmurugan, Mines Paris, “ORCHYD: Improved Drilling Method Using HPWJ-Enhanced Mud Hammer” Samuli Salmela, Geomachine Oy, “Drilling fast and cost efficiently to 2km deep” Matus Gajdos, GA Drilling, “ANCHORBIT and PLASMABIT drilling technologies” Julian Jones, Strada Drilling Systems, “The Strada Dual Circulation, Percussion Hammer Drilling System” Anson Bartlett, Tomax Drilling Technology UK Ltd, “Highly Efficient Drilling Regulator” Geertjan Van Og, Well Engineering PArtners (WEP) BV, “Overview of well designs used in the Netherlands” Namrata Bist, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, “Drilling in Basalts” Q & A session 11:00-12:00 Drilling Design & Technologies Moderator: Miklos Antics, GPC, co-leader of ETIP-Geothermal WG on Well Technologies Pawel Slupski, University of Padua, “Deep U-tube heat exchanger breakthrough: combining laser and cryogenic gas for geothermal energy exploitation - perspective of laser-rock interactions” Kim Maver, Green Therma, “Completing geothermal wells in salt” Slawomir Szklarz, TNO, “Developing a marginal reservoir for urban heating in Zwolle: Optimized well and completion design” Anthony Pink, Blackreiver Consulting, “Latest Drilling Technology for Super Hot Rock” Henning Knauer, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy, “Optimisation of Geothermal Drilling with Machine Learning” Miklos Antics, GPC, “Development of geothermal energy in areas with low transmissivity and/or in areas with a high density of operations. Well architectures to maximise heat extraction.” Q & A session Conclusion – Philippe Dumas, EGEC Secretary-General CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS - Closed Willing to participate? Please submit your presentation. Presentations should not be longer than 10 minutes. The PowerPoint presentation will be required before the day of the webinar. Presentations and recording of the webinar will be published after the event. After a presentation on the drilling market and technology trends and forecasts, the two sessions will be held on updates on drilling design and technologies. We look forward to your presentation on new products, innovations, and results from research…. If you are interested in presenting, please, express your interest by clicking the button below, and complete the form. Only members of the ETIP-Geothermal can submit a presentation. If you are still not member, please, register for free at https://etip-geothermal.eu/get-involved/
APRIL
24-26
Registration is now open for the Mine Water Energy Symposium 2024, taking place on 24-26 April 2024 in Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland. Online attendance (for free) is also possible. Click here to register for the event. After three successful online events, the Mine Water Energy Symposium will be held in-person for the first time this year with online streaming options. The symposium will bring together international participants to share case studies of mine water heating projects as well as developments in mine thermal energy storage. The symposium’s focus will be on areas of research including heat-flow modelling, biogeochemistry and social sciences. Talks on regulatory aspects of mine water geothermal will be complemented by a regulation workshop session aiming to draw on international experiences. There will also be a poster display. A field trip to the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow (a research and development facility for mine water geothermal) will run on the morning of Friday 26 April from 09:00 to 13:30. Places are limited and there is a fee of £17.00 to attend, which includes travel to and from the event. The field trip is only open to participants of the main symposium. The full event programme can be accessed via this link. The event is being organized by The British Geological Survey, The Coal Authority, IEA Geothermal, and The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.
MAY
15-17
SEEnergy, an international conference and trade expo, will be held on May 15 and 17, 2024. Every two years, we will assess the countries of Southeast Europe’s progress in the area of green transition, systematically examine the challenges they face, and encourage discussions on how to overcome them. We will also present recent developments in technology and legislation and offer comparative examples of best practices across countries. The involvement of state agencies, institutions, energy companies, and other stakeholders involved in the organization demonstrates the importance of the green transition in Slovenia. EGEC Members: Get a Discount! A special perk: EGEC Members get a 20% discount. Do you want to know more? Contact us at events@egec.org and receive your discount! Want to become a member? Membership of EGEC is open to private and public bodies. Find out more. More information.
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