13 Apr 2023
Including citizens in major energy initiatives is not easy, but the European Union (EU) is committed to this through projects such as CROWDTHERMAL , which seeks to empower the European public to participate directly in the development of geothermal-related projects through alternative financing systems, such as crowdfunding and other social engagement tools. The aim of the project is to generate new services to make it...
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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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30 Mar 2022
The mission of the Horizon 2020 funded CROWDTHERMAL project – in which GEOPLAT participates as a partner- is to empower the European public to directly participate in the development of geothermal projects, with the help of alternative financing schemes and social engagement tools. The project team has developed a set of reports, addressing social, environmental, financial, and risk mitigation aspects of community-financed geothermal projects. The...
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04 Jun 2021
On Wednesday 26 May 2021 took place the PIXIL workshop “From science to praxis: experiences in the use of geophysical methods to characterise geothermal anomalies”, which was organised within the framework of the project by the University of Barcelona, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Geoplat, Pôle Avenia and Real Time Seismic. The workshop focused on recent advances in geophysical inversion and modelling and also presented practical experiences using geophysical methods to characterise...
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15 Sep 2020
El Panel de Geotermia de la Plataforma Tecnológica y de Innovación Europea de Climatización Renovable (European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling, RHC-ETIP) ha publicado su Agenda Estratégica de Investigación e Innovación para las tecnologías geotérmicas (enlace). Esta publicación constituye la actualización, y un texto combinado, de la Agenda Estratégica de Investigación y de la Hoja de Ruta de Implementación publicados anteriormente...
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01 Sep 2020
GEO-ENERGY EUROPE was born focused on the creation of a transnational cluster dedicated to improving the development and competitiveness of European small and medium enterprises related to the use of the subsoil to obtain geothermal energy in transnational (EU) and global markets. The consortium is composed of 8 members from 7 participating countries of the European Union and the COSME programme (Programme for the Competitiveness...
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27 May 2020
El proyecto islandés Carbfix y la empresa alemana Eavor ganan ex aequo el Premio Europeo ‘Ruggero Bertani’ a la Innovación Geotérmica 2020. El proyecto CarbFix islandés ha logrado transformar la emisión de CO2 y otros gases ácidos en rocas subterráneas en menos de dos años. Por su parte, Eavor ha desarrollado un novedoso sistema geotérmico de pozos profundos en circuito cerrado, primera planta de su género...
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14 Oct 2019
GEO-ENERGY EUROPE metacluster partners met in Paris at their last periodic meeting on 7 and 8 October. The consortium is working on its internationalisation strategy, as well as on a possible second phase for the project. The meeting began with presentations by several members of GEODEEP, the host partner, who explained their different activities in the field of geothermal energy carried out in their entities....
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20 Jul 2019
GEOPLAT is proud to announce its participation in CROWDTHERMAL. The financing of this project is part of the Social Challenge 3 “SAFE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY”, which is part of the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union (HORIZON2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020). The overall objective of CROWDTHERMAL is to achieve an innovative media-driven approach that facilitates the raising of crowdfunding capital for the (co-)financing of geothermal projects in...
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28 Jun 2019
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