17 Oct 2024
GEOPLAT, through its president, takes part in ‘Prospects for cities, neighbourhoods and buildings in 2050’.
On 14 October, the conference ‘Prospects for cities, neighbourhoods and buildings in 2050’ was organised by the Spanish Technological Platform for Energy Efficiency in Madrid – PTE-ee. Iñigo Arrizabalaga, president of GEOPLAT and general manager of TELUR, presented a successful case of the project for cities, neighbourhoods and buildings with an energy balance close to zero: the ATELIER initiative. This is a European project whose...
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16 Oct 2024
Spanish Technology and Innovation Platforms present a report on innovation challenges in the construction sector
On 15 October, at the State Research Agency, the Conference on Innovation in the Construction Sector was held, promoted by national Technology and Innovation Platforms related to the sector. During the event, success stories and challenges for the advancement of more sustainable construction were analysed, in addition to the presentation of a report that brings together the main challenges and opportunities for technological development in...
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19 Sep 2024
Conference on innovation in the construction sector
GEOPLAT, in collaboration with various Technology and Innovation Platforms, is promoting the Conference on innovation in the construction sector, which will take place on 15 October at 9.30 am at the State Research Agency (C/Torrelaguna, 58, Madrid). The event will be an opportunity to find out how the latest technological advances will mark the decarbonisation of cities, the energy efficiency of buildings, sustainable construction or...
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02 Sep 2024
Tsuchiyu Onsen: A clean energy model without sacrificing age-old traditions
Tsuchiyu Onsen, an ancient hot spring village located in the mountains of Fukushima, Japan, has for 1,400 years been a popular destination for those seeking to soak in its healing waters. Nine years ago, local leaders decided to build a geothermal power plant. This plant not only uses the hot spring water to generate electricity, but has also become an example of how Japan could...
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22 Aug 2024
The GEOFLEXheat project will harness geothermal waste heat for industrial use.
The GEOFLEXheat project, funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe programme, aims to harness waste heat from geothermal brine for industrial applications. This project, coordinated by Brunel University in London, has a budget of 3 million euros and brings together a consortium of 12 research institutions, companies and experts from across the continent. The main challenge of geothermal energy is its low temperature,...
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16 Aug 2024
Geothermal energy in disadvantaged areas, a promising solution that more and more governments are joining in.
As governments scramble to find ways to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels in favour of renewable alternatives, the enormous potential for developing natural geothermal resources underground is increasingly coming to the fore. Investing in on-grid geothermal energy could provide abundant clean heat and electricity to millions of homes and businesses around the world, especially as geothermal resources in the ground often coincide with...
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05 Aug 2024
Valencia to have Spain’s largest geothermal plant to date
The City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia has opted for geothermal energy to renovate the air-conditioning system of the Science Museum. The new system to be installed, financed by the European Union’s Next Generation Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, will replace the existing one in the building, which dates from 2005. The Science Museum’s geothermal plant will be the largest installed in Spain and...
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24 Jul 2024
Margarita de Gregorio is elected representative of Spain in the Technical Advisory Group of Mission Innovation
Margarita de Gregorio, General Secretary of GEOPLAT, has been elected as the Spanish representative of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of Mission Innovation. Mission Innovation is a global initiative, in which 23 countries from around the world participate (Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United...
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02 Jul 2024
Celestino García de la Noceda: “The Canary Islands is the main territory in Spain for the development of geothermal energy”.
Celestino García de la Noceda, honorary president of GEOPLAT, has recently participated in the conference on geothermal energy in the framework of the 'New energy vectors' conferences, organised by the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Gran Canaria, with the collaboration of the Asociación para la Transición Energética and the support of Canaluz.
20 Jun 2024
The Canary Islands will receive 3 million euros in European funds for a project to promote geothermal energy in the Macaronesia.
The Geotermac project, whose main partner is the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands, aims to develop methodologies and cooperation tools to strengthen R&D&I capacities in order to contribute to the energy transition in Macaronesia and São Tomé e Príncipe through the development of geothermal energy. The initiative has a budget of three million euros from Interreg MAC. Feder partners in Geotermac are the Instituto...
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