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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11 Jun 2024
GEOPLAT and GEOENERGÍA join the petition addressed to the European Commission to prioritise a strategy for geothermal energy
GEOPLAT and GEOENERGÍA have joined the international petition, led by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC Geothermal), calling on the European Commission for a European strategy and action plan for geothermal energy.
07 Jun 2024
Margarita de Gregorio in 20 minutos: ‘We want to put geothermal energy on the agenda’.
Margarita de Gregorio, secretary general of GEOPLAT, discusses in a report for 20minutos the potential of geothermal energy and the objectives set by the recently created Spanish Association of Geothermal - GEOENERGÍA, a spin off of GEOPLAT.
24 May 2024
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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20 May 2024
Overshoot day: Spain goes into ecological deficit on May 20
Today, 20 May, Spain has reached its ecological deficit, also known as Earth Overshoot Day. This is the date on which a territory consumes all the natural resources that correspond to it for a given year, from water to food, raw materials and energy. The NGO Global Footprint Network is in charge of making this calculation and marking the day on which the natural resources...
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10 May 2024
The Spanish Geothermal Energy Association, GEOENERGÍA, is born, key to boosting the use of geothermal energy in Spain.
GEOPLAT presented on 8 May at IDAE its spin-off: the Spanish Geothermal Energy Association, GEOENERGÍA, which was created with the mission of being the voice of the geothermal sector in Spain. GEOENERGÍA will accompany companies towards the progress of their businesses and will work for the development of the sector as a whole by promoting a regulatory, political and social framework that favours the sustainable...
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25 Apr 2024
(Español) Agenda de la Asamblea de GEOPLAT (Madrid y online, 8 mayo, 11 h)
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16 Apr 2024
IDAE to have 100 million to invest in energy transition projects
The Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (IDAE), which reports to the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, seeks public-private collaboration initiatives linked to the transformation of the energy system in which it can participate by acquiring equity capital. It has activated an endowment of 100 million euros to invest as a minority partner in emerging business projects involving...
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12 Apr 2024
ICGC participates in European project to better assess potential geothermal resources
The Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC), a member of GEOPLAT, will be part of the consortium of the Horizon Europe project GO-Forward, which aims to increase the accuracy of the methods traditionally used to assess the potential of deep geothermal reservoirs in a given area. This new methodology is based on a detailed characterisation of the geological processes leading to the formation of...
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10 Apr 2024
Save the date: GEOPLAT Assembly (8 May, 11 a.m.)
Next 8th May, the GEOPLAT General Assembly will take place at the IDAE headquarters. We have a lot to tell you! We will present the evolution of the Platform and review the main milestones of the sector in the last year. REGISTRATION: open to GEOPLAT members and interested professionals (limited capacity, places will be allocated in order of registration. Possibility of online participation).