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...
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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...
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05 Feb 2024
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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15 Jan 2024
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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22 Dec 2023
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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09 Mar 2023
The Geothermal Energy Working Group (GTG) of the Catalan Efficient Energy Cluster (CEEC), the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC), sponsor member of GEOPLAT, and the Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN) are organizing a new edition of the Technical Workshop “GeoEnergia a Catalonia” with the aim of promoting and generate awareness about the potential of geothermal energy as a high-efficiency energy resource in the new...
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25 Jan 2023
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07 Nov 2022
The EU-funded project CROWDTHERMAL and the Geothermal-DHC COST Action co-organised a transdisciplinary event during the European Geothermal Congress in Berlin to create a platform for researchers working on the interconnection between social, environmental, legal and risk mitigation aspects of geothermal energy in district heating and cooling The First District Heating and Cooling Day was held on 20 October 2022 as an official side event of...
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31 Oct 2022
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24 Oct 2022
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