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EU Climate and energy framework

Energy price crisis, Geothermal electricity, Internal market for heat

GEOSMART Factsheet: geothermal and the energy price crisis

PUBLISHED: April 8, 2022

At the beginning of summer 2021, gas prices started increasing tremendously globally due to a wide array of factors, from an exceptionally cold winter in Europe in 2020, to macroeconomic fallouts of the COVID 19 pandemic, without mentioning geopolitics, to technical issues in infrastructure bottlenecks of the fossil fuel production infrastructure.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Energy price crisis, EPBD, European Green Deal, Internal market for heat

European Commission publishes new proposals on the gas market and energy performance of buildings directive

PUBLISHED: December 16, 2021

Brussels, 15 December 2021 – Today the European Commission has released its proposals for establishing a new EU framework to decarbonise gas markets, promote hydrogen and reduce methane emissions.

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Energy Transition

Internal market for heat

EGEC Letter: Establish a European heat market to prevent higher energy prices

PUBLISHED: October 6, 2021

Following the sharp increase in electricity and gas prices over the summer, and as consequences are increasingly being felt by European households with the beginning of the winter heating season, EGEC wrote a letter to the European Council and the European Commission.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Internal market for heat

EGEC's response to the Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package consultation

PUBLISHED: March 12, 2021

The European Commission launched a public Inception Impact Assessment consultation on the Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package. The aim is to review the EU's rules on the role of gas and all forms of hydrogen into the context of the Fit for 55% package. It also covers access to markets for geothermal energy and other renewable energy solutions.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Internal market for heat

Letter to the Commission on ensuring fair competition for heat services in the EU

PUBLISHED: September 22, 2020

EGEC sent a letter to the Commission recommending a full review of the impact of the competitive distortion of the Internal Market for Gas legal base as well as its associated direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies on the provision of renewable heating and cooling services, particularly competition from geothermal energy sources.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Energy infrastructures, Internal market for heat

Smart Sector Integration: EGEC response to specific questions from the European Commission

PUBLISHED: June 9, 2020

EGEC answers  to the questions posed by the European Commission on the Smart Sector Integration strategy.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Energy infrastructures, Internal market for heat

EGEC response to the Trans-European Network-Energy consultation

PUBLISHED: June 8, 2020

This note calls for a forward-looking, modern, secure and smart energy network infrastructure to reach climate neutrality in 2050.

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Financing

Energy infrastructures, Internal market for heat

Open letter to the European Commission on establishing an EU risk management scheme for geothermal energy

PUBLISHED: June 3, 2020

The GEORISK Consortium sent an open letter to DG Energy Director-General Ditte Juul Jørgensen, European Commission, calling for the establishment of an EU risk management scheme for geothermal energy. In particular, this scheme should be tied to instruments that structure the European energy market such as TEN-E or the Connecting Europe Facility.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Internal market for heat, Recovery Plans

EGEC Joint Letter on EU Tendering Scheme

PUBLISHED: May 25, 2020

Today EGEC together with five renewable associations sent a joint letter to Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the Green Deal, and Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy, proposing for an EU Tender Scheme which makes the Green Recovery Plan more inclusive.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Internal market for heat, Recovery Plans

EGEC letter on green recovery plan

PUBLISHED: May 25, 2020

Today EGEC sent a letter to Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the Green Deal, and Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy, requesting that the Green Recovery Plan includes investment in all renewable energy sectors.

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