The Voice of the Geothermal Energy Industry in Europe

Presentation in Bratislava 12.11.2007

Dr. Burkhard Sanner

President, EGEC

European Geothermal Energy Council

• Founded in 1998 (in Straubing, DE)• Official seat in Bruxelles, Belgium• Member of International Geothermal Association IGA• Member of European Renewable Energy Council

EREC

European Geothermal Energy Council

European Geothermal Energy Council

• Founded in 1998 (in Straubing, DE)• Official seat in Bruxelles, Belgium• Member of International Geothermal Association IGA• Member of European Renewable Energy Council

EREC

• Representing the Geothermal Energy Industry towards the European institutions (mainly EC and EP)

European Geothermal Energy Council

European Geothermal Energy Council

• Founded in 1998 (in Straubing, DE)• Official seat in Bruxelles, Belgium• Member of International Geothermal Association IGA• Member of European Renewable Energy Council

EREC

• Representing the Geothermal Energy Industry towards the European institutions (mainly EC and EP)

• EGEC Business Seminars:Ferrara 1999, Altheim 2001, Szeged 2003, Berlin 2005, Unterhaching 2007

European Geothermal Energy Council

European Geothermal Energy Council

• Founded in 1998 (in Straubing, DE)• Official seat in Bruxelles, Belgium• Member of International Geothermal Association IGA• Member of European Renewable Energy Council

EREC

• Representing the Geothermal Energy Industry towards the European institutions (mainly EC and EP)

• EGEC Business Seminars:Ferrara 1999, Altheim 2001, Szeged 2003, Berlin 2005, Unterhaching 2007

• Active in EU projects (K4RES-H, GTR-H, RESTMAC)

European Geothermal Energy Council

European Geothermal Energy Council

• EGEC is informing policymakers, administration, MEPs, industry, and the general public about geothermal energy use.

• EGEC is working towards better R&D-support and an improved economic environment for geothermal energy in Europe.

• EGEC is a link between the research community, the industry, and the European institutions in the field of geothermal energy

European Geothermal Energy Council

European Geothermal Energy Council

Renewable Energy Sources used in a monument-protected building more than 120 years old

The building houses the Renewable Energy Associations in the European Capital, Brussels

Renewable Energy House, Bruxelles

European Geothermal Energy Council

ventila tion du bâtim ent

chaleur sola ire

systèm e de refro id issem ent

d´absorption

4 sondes terrestres à 115 m

rejets de chaleur dans la terre

chauffage du bâtim ent

pom pe à chaleur

e lectrique

4 sondes terrestres à 115 m

extraction du chaleur de la terre

230 / 400 V

winter (heating)

Schematic of system operation

summer (cooling)

Geothermal Energy for the REH

European Geothermal Energy Council

Heat pump (Ochsner, AT) and BHE (HAKA, CH)

Drilling at REH on 18.11.05 (pbv, BE)

Geothermal Energy for the REH

European Geothermal Energy Council

Prince Laurent welcomes the president of the EU Commission, José Manuel Barroso

The VIPs check if the radiator really is warm, just from geothermal energy and the heat pump!

Inauguration of REH on March 22, 2006

European Geothermal Energy Council

From Project K4RES-H:

The GeothermalHeating and Cooling ActionPlan for Europe(Jan. 2007)

EGEC Publications

European Geothermal Energy Council

From Project RESTMAC:GeothermalTechnologyBrochures(Sept. 2007)

EGEC Publications

European Geothermal Energy Council

From ProjectRESTMAC:GeothermalElectricityBrochure(in print)

(GSHP brochurein preparation)

EGEC Publications

European Geothermal Energy Council

http://www.egec.org

Thank you for your attention!

European Geothermal Energy Council