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02 Sep 2024

Tsuchiyu Onsen: A clean energy model without sacrificing age-old traditions

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 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.

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

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 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: “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 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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24 May 2024

Catalonia explores the potential of its geothermal energy with the Geonergía-Cat 2030 Plan

Catalonia explores the potential of its geothermal energy with the Geonergía-Cat 2030 Plan

The Catalan Energy Institute (Icaen) and the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya have signed an agreement to initiate the elaboration of the ‘Strategic Plan to promote the energetic exploitation of geoenergy in Catalonia in the 2030 horizon’. The objectives of the Geonergía-Cat 2030 Plan are to explore the potential of the different types of geothermal energy in Catalonia and to carry out a diagnosis...

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