14 Feb 2024
GEOPLAT in RAC Dialogues: ‘Geothermal energy: a renewable, profitable and constant energy’.
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...
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09 Feb 2024
GEOPLAT at the International Energy and Environment Trade Fair GENERA 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...
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05 Feb 2024
UPNA researchers generate electricity in Antarctica using geothermal heat
Researchers from the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), belonging to the Smart Cities Institute (ISC), have managed to generate electricity continuously in Antarctica using geothermal heat. The Thermal and Fluids Engineering team developed this innovative technology that makes it possible to harness the natural heat of the Earth’s interior to produce electricity. The project, known as ‘Autonomous Thermoelectric Generators for Volcanic Monitoring’ (VIVOTEG), was carried...
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24 Jan 2024
European Parliament backs resolution for a European geothermal energy strategy
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...
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22 Jan 2024
The IDAE grants subsidies for projects to harness geothermal energy on La Palma
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...
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15 Jan 2024
Margarita de Gregorio: “The interesting thing about geothermal energy is that it can always be available to produce electricity, it is manageable”.
Recently, the Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (IDAE) awarded 120 million euros from the Next Generation funds to 14 projects to explore the potential of deep geothermal energy in Spain. La Razón has published a report on the potential of geothermal energy in Spain. Margarita de Gregorio, coordinator of Geoplat, explained to this media that “within geothermal energy there are two...
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12 Jan 2024
Webinar on the call for public-private collaboration projects 2023 (exclusive for GEOPLAT partners)
On 19 January 2024, at 10 h, GEOPLAT, in collaboration with the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, is organising a webinar to present the main aspects of the call for public-private collaboration projects 2023. This call of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2021-2023 was published on 29 December, and is scheduled to open on 30 January 2024. The objective of the grants...
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11 Jan 2024
The 9 reasons why the DOE (USA) is betting on geothermal energy:
It is green. It provides energy by harnessing the heat that flows continuously from the Earth’s interior to the surface without burning fossil fuels. It is always available and flexible. It is a reliable source of clean energy that is not dependent on the weather, which means it can be harnessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its power output can also be...
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09 Jan 2024
TOP 10 countries with the highest installed geothermal power generation capacity in 2023
The total installed geothermal power generation capacity at the end of 2023 was 16,335 MW, an increase of 208 MW, according to the annual TOP published by ThinkGeoEnergy. 🌏 Although geothermal development continues to grow at a still slow pace, it presents a promising horizon thanks to the large numbers expected this year in countries in Asia, Africa and Oceania such as Kenya, Indonesia, the...
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22 Dec 2023
Margarita de Gregorio: “Geothermal energy is essential to achieve real energy autonomy in Europe”
In early December, 51 of the 53 members of the European Parliament’s Industry, Energy and Research Committee (ITRE) voted in favour of the Own Initiative Report on geothermal energy, which highlights strategies to accelerate the deployment of geothermal technologies in the European Union. In this context, Margarita de Gregorio, coordinator of Geoplat, analyzes in an interview for Energía Estratégica the role of geothermal energy in...
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