01 Apr 2024
GEOPLAT participated on 26th and 27th March in Lyon (France) in the Kick-Off Meeting of the European project ThermEcoWat, as part of the Communication and Dissemination team. The consortium of this project is led by Auvergne Thermale and, in addition to GEOPLAT, is formed by BRGM, Ajuntament de Caldes de Montbui, Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC), Deputacion de Ourense, Termalistur – Termas de...
Leer más
26 Mar 2024
The increasing development and use of artificial intelligence-based solutions is increasing the electricity demand of major technology giants, prompting them to look for renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to this growth. Google and Microsoft have announced a partnership to purchase electricity generated from geothermal and other energy sources. These multinationals have also been joined by US steel producer Nucor. The companies...
Leer más
15 Mar 2024
The International Geothermal Association (IGA) is organising the Global Geothermal Impact Summit 2024 (GGIS2024), a ground-breaking event dedicated to a crucial, yet often overlooked, aspect of geothermal energy: its financing. This summit, to be held on 23-24 April 2024 at the Fokker Terminal in The Hague, the Netherlands, is designed to bring together financial ingenuity and energy sustainability, paving the way for a global geothermal...
Leer más
06 Mar 2024
Margarita de Gregorio, secretary general of GEOPLAT, analyses in an interview for Soziable the possibilities of geothermal energy and the role it can play in the coming years in the energy transition. She points out that geothermal energy “has the capacity to decarbonise both by providing thermal energy in the form of heat and cold, as well as electrical energy. With the particularity that the...
Leer más
01 Mar 2024
Geothermal energy will be very present at the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024, since, as announced by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Olympic Village is committed to energy efficiency thanks to the use of insulating materials and geothermal energy. It is not only the largest construction site for the Paris Games, but also the largest construction site in Europe in recent years, and it...
Leer más
19 Feb 2024
Margarita de Gregorio, Secretary General of GEOPLAT, analysed the situation of geothermal energy in Spain for Interempresas. “With an increasingly important presence in the energy mix, geothermal energy is emerging as an inexhaustible source of heat from the subsoil, destined to play a fundamental role in decarbonisation for a sustainable energy future“, she said. With regard to the main milestones that have marked the past...
Leer más
14 Feb 2024
The Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España (RAC) will bring the nature and characteristics of geothermal energy closer through a colloquium among accredited experts. The symposium will address the nature of geothermal energy, the conditions necessary for its use and the main scientific and technological challenges currently being worked on to improve knowledge and use of this resource. The current status and...
Leer más
09 Feb 2024
Margarita de Gregorio, coordinator of GEOPLAT, was a speaker at the conference entitled ‘The role of thermal renewables in the decarbonisation process‘ organised by IDAE on 8 February during GENERA 2024, the International Energy and Environment Fair held in Madrid. Representatives from different thermal renewable energy entities met there to review the situation of their respective sectors, their capacity for decarbonisation, and the impact of...
Leer más
24 Jan 2024
On 18 January, the plenary of the European Parliament voted in favour of a resolution to support a European geothermal energy strategy. Professor Krasnodebski, a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), led the resolution, which was supported by 531 of the 553 MEPs present (96%), with 20 abstentions and 2 votes against. The resolution calls for: A European strategy for geothermal energy...
Leer más
22 Jan 2024
The IDAE grants aid for projects to harness geothermal energy on La PalmaThe Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE) has published the resolution for the award of 53 million in aid for six feasibility studies for projects to harness geothermal energy on La Palma. Among the main proposed beneficiaries are public and private companies such as Repsol, Sodepal, Canopalma or Energía Bonita, which, once...
Leer más
