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- issue no 2 – October 2006 (.pdf 3,5 MB)
- issue no 1 – February 2006 (.pdf 2,0 MB)


NEWS

25.04.2008
First announcement for RESTMAC Workshop in Strasbourg

We are very pleased to inform you about the date for the Workshop in Strasbourg (France) on 18 June 2008.

Topic:‘Geothermal Electricity and CHP: a technology for our Future’.
28.04.2008
 RESTMAC Workshop in Milano

Invitation for EGEC workshop on Geothermal heating & Cooling in Milano, Italy, on May 19, 2008, is online. Please see events page.

10.04.2008
Second Announcement for theInteractive Seminar on Geothermal Field Development

The seminar is to be held on June 9-13, 2008 in Dubrovnik (Croatia). It is an invitation for national associations to join in, work together and eventually collaborate on the flourish geothermal sector.

Contact person: Prof. Kiril POPOVSKI, IGA ERB Officer for Education

More info: see here
09.04.2008
Final Workshop of GROUNDHIT project will be held in Berlin, Germany, on May 5, 2008

The R&D-project Groundhit, coordinated by CRES and supported by EU DG-TREN, comes to a successful end. The advanced ground source heat pumps and borehole heat exchangers have been demonstrated on sites in Austria, Greece and Portugal. After the mid-term workshop in May 2006 in  Brussels (organised by EGEC), which had marked the end of the R&D and start of the demonstration phase, GtV-BV is no inviting to the final workshop in Berlin, Germany.
Please find the program and more info in the invitation flyer, for  download as pdf here

07.04.2008
First announcement for RESTMAC Workshop in Milano

We are very pleased to inform you about the date for the Workshop in Milano (Italy) on 19 May 2008.

Location: Casa dell’energia
Topic:‘Geothermal Heating & Cooling in Italy & Mediterranean countries: a growing market’.

Both experts and national associations are wholeheartedly invited to present and express their arguments.   
04.04.2008

Please find below the links for watching two videos on Geothermal Energy.

1. http://www.pannelloecologico.com/greentg/video/GTG_280308/mediaplayer.html

Go forward to the 4th minute: A general presentation of EGEC during the Sustainable Energy Week held in Brussels (28/01/2008 – 01/02/2008), in Italian.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZmwwoiEUrk

A Reportage on GroundHit demo site in ESTSetubal. Dr. Burkhard Sanner and Prof. Luis Coelho present the installation and speak about geothermal energy, in Portuguese and English.   

03.04.2008
Reminder for the Workshop in Budapest (Hungary) on 25 April 2008

We are pleased to remind you our invitation to attend EGEC workshop on Agriculture and Commercial Applications for Geothermal Heating & Cooling.

The meeting is a part of the RESTMAC project sponsored by the EC – FP6.

Potentialities for agricultural use in Eastern Europe, transport infrastructure, agro-industry perspectives, greenhouses construction and so on will be some of the main subjects in question.

Experts from Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania and Sweden will present the experience gained in that field, and will be available for discussion.

This is your chance to learn about the current development, and how it might be used in your sector and area of responsibility.

Registration required!

You find the conference program and the registration form at:  www.renexpo-budapest.com  
13.03.2008
Intelligent Energy Europe Call for Proposals open!

The IEE call for proposals 2008 was published on 12 March, opening this year's application period for Intelligent Energy – Europe funding. Some € 45 million are available to co-finance European projects for the promotion of energy efficiency and renewables, and the setting up of local or regional energy agencies.

Successful applicants can expect to receive financial support covering up to 75% of the eligible costs. Any public or private organisation from the EU, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Croatia can apply. Projects must have at least 3 partner organisations from 3 different countries.

Read more at: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/call_for_proposals/index_en.htm

29.02.2008
EuroHeat & Power on February 26, 2008, organised a RTD Convention. The topic was: "Towards a European Technology Platform for District Heating & Cooling”. See presentations on www.euroheat.org 

On behalf of EGEC, Pierre Ungemach attended the event; he made a presentation on "Geothermal in District Heating".

EGEC supports  the initiative to establish a European Technology Platform for District Heating and Cooling as a linking technology for future technologies.

See more here:


 A Technology platform for DHC aims at:

-          developing a European vision for the district heating and cooling sectors towards 2020 as well as for 2050

-          developing a common Strategic Research Agenda

-          creating the framework for implementing the Research Agenda

-          increasing the market deployment of DHC

 

More information on geothermal District heating in our brochure > see publications.

More information on the TP structure and working final
24.01.2008
EC Directive proposal on the promotion of the use of renewable energy sources:
 Press Release from the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC);  the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) and the  Association of the Geological Surveys of Europe (EUROGEOSURVEYS)  jointly prepared further to the publication by the Commission of its Directive proposal on the use of Renewable Energies. here
10.01.2008
EGEC has released a position paper on the definition of Geothermal Energy and wishes for the upcoming proposal of a EU Directive on Renewable Energy Sources: for download here
04.01.2008
EGEC has released a position paper on the Strategy Energy Technology (SET) Plan published by the EC : for download here
03.01.2008
The University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) is seeking to hire : Full professor in Geothermics
The Institute of Geology and Hydrogeology at the University of  Neuchâtel recruits a specialist in geothermics. The candidate is expected to have a background in geology or engineering geology, with 
a specialization in tectonics or quantitative geology and a specific  experience in deep geothermal reservoirs or in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).
More information : http://www1.unine.ch/chyn/php/news.php and the announcement (pdf)
16.11.2007
The Annual General Meeting 2007 of EGEC elected a new board, and adopted a new management structure. Burkhard Sanner was re-elected as president, and also most of the board is unchanged. Upon suggestion from the board, the members also appointed coordinators for specific topics, in order to support the board and the Brussels staff in their field of experience; see more here.
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available soon in the member´s section of the website.
31.10.2007
Draft programme for the Workshop "Finance Geothermal Energy" in Brussels on Nov. 16, 2007 is online. Please see events page. The workshop is free, and open to persons from EGEC members and other interested persons. For registration please contact com@egec.org
24.10.2007
Draft program and invitation for EGEC workshop on Geothermal Heat Pumps in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Nov. 12, 2007, is online. Please see events page.
15.10.2007  
EGEC has published the first brochures on geothermal applications within project RESTMAC, supported by EC in FP6. They deal with Geothermal Applications in Agriculture, Geothermal District Heating, Geothermal Seawater Desalination, and Geothermal Snow Melting and De-Icing, and can
be downloaded from the "Publications" page. If you wish to receive printed versions, please contact the EGEC secretariat (email: com@egec.org ).
11.10.2007
New president and new board of IGA (International Geothermal Association) in office. On Oct. 10, Ladislaus Rybach, new president of IGA, took over from John Lund, who has lead IGA very
successfully for the last three years. Read more

"08.10.2007 : In March 2007, European Council signed up to a binding EU-wide target on 20% of RES for 2020. The European Commission is now faced with the challenge of defining new legislation. EC expected to table a proposal for legislation on renewable energies as part of a package for the 5 December 2007.

EREC and its members present their position on the future directive :

Press Release: EREC's position on the Renewable Energy Framework Directive

Press release Position Paper of Framework Directive  and

Position Paper on the Renewable Energy Framework Directive EREC Position Framework Directive"
02.10.2007
EGEC RESTMAC Workshop on Geothermal Snow Melting in Malmö, Sweden
See short report here
Workshop presentations for download here
25.09.2007
The European Parliament responded to the European Commission’s Renewable Energy Roadmap by calling for the upcoming Framework Directive to strengthen existing renewable energy legislation and be accompanied by ambitious legislation on heating and cooling. The "Thomsen Report" adopted today.
Download the related press release from EREC here
Download the draft "Thomsen report" here
20.09.2007
EGEC provided the room in the Renewable Energy House, Brussels, for the meeting of the steering committee in project ENGINE, and for the related stakeholder meeting. More info and photos for download here
Link to the ENGINE project at: http://engine.brgm.fr/
11.09.2007
First announcement and invitation for EGEC workshop on Geothermal Snow Melting in Malmoe, Sweden, on Oct. 2, 2007, is online. Please see events page.
Also the new brochure on Geothermal Snow Melting is available electronically (download here); printed versions will be available at and after the workshop in Malmoe.
11.09.2007 3rd meeting of ministers of the Gleneagles Dialogue in Berlin: Gro Harlem Brundtland praises renewable energies and human ingenuity (read more)
31.7.2007
EGEC News No. 5 now online!
13.07.2007
Reaching 20% of renewable energy by 2020 only feasible if a fast and adequate policy framework is adopted.
Statement by the President of EREC Prof. Arthouros Zervos at the seminar on renewable energy sources organised by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU in Lisbon on 11-12 July 2007. Press release
12.07.2007
Cost of renewable energy 10 times cheaper than "business as usual" fossil-fuelled future ?. Investing in a renewable electricity future will save 10 times the fuel costs of a "business as usual" fossil-fuelled scenario, saving $180 billion USD annually and cut CO2 emissions in half by 2030, according to a joint report by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC). The joint report and Press release can be downloaded: joint report - Press release
25.06.2007
EGEC participated in a meeting with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to know more about their financing opportunites for geothermal projects. Find more information in our member's corner.

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