This 2-days European seminar took place on 4 & 5 February 2020.

This first day presented instruments to answer the environmental concerns related to deep geothermal energy projects that are operational or under development in Europe. The discussions were based on the preliminary results of the GEOENVI project and the final conclusions of the EC tender: “Study on Geothermal plants’ and applications’ emissions: overview and analysis”, conducted by the Ernst & Young, RINA and VITO. The study aims at setting an adapted methodology for assessing environmental impacts and risks of geothermal projects. The event also debated the latest development in terms of environmental regulations and sustainable finance regulations at European level.

The second day continued discussing environmental concerns and was concluded by two workshops: an Industry workshop on reference plants and assets, and ETIP-DG session.

AGENDA to the general event

Presentations:

Tuesday 4th February :

• Short introduction by the European Commission: M Soede, DG Research
• GEOENVI project overview: P Dumas, EGEC
• Environmental concerns and comparison with other RES: J Maury, BRGM
• Panorama of sustainability studies: S R GUÐJÓNSDÓTTIR, OS
• EC tender “Study on Geothermal plants’ and applications’ emissions: overview and analysis” (Ernst&Young, RINA, VITO)

Joint session: GEOENVI project and the final conclusions of the EC tender:

• Introduction on LCA guidelines, ML Parisi (Siena university)
• Short presentation on Exergy and PES + allocation criteria (electricity and heat), G Manfrida (Florence University)
• Presentation of harmonised methodology for environmental impact assessment with a life-cycle perspective for geothermal systems: I Blanc, MINES ParisTech

Wednesday 5th February :

Morning

• Introduction and Presentation GEOENVI project, Philippe Dumas, EGEC
• Overview of environmental regulations: A Manzella, CNR-IGG & T Garabetian, EGEC
• Case study: Hungary : A Nador, MBFSZ / Italy : L Torsello, COSVIG
• Review of mitigation measures: A Manzella, CNR-IGG
• Case study: France: Guillaume Ravier, ES-geothermie / Italy: Sara Montomoli, ENEL GP
• Presentation of harmonised methodology for environmental impact assessment with a life-cycle perspective for geothermal systems: V Harcouët-Menou, VITO
• Taxonomy regulations and Sustainable finance: What’s in for geothermal?: T Garabetian, EGEC
• Communicating geothermal: F Batini, Rete Geotermica

Afternoon

GEOENVI national workshop for Belgium

A joint SU-DG-IWG & ETIP-DG event:

Industry workshop on monitoring reference plants & assets

• SU-DG-IWG – Proposals on: Key Performance Indicators: Reference plants & assets
• Reference plants Geothermal Heat in the Netherlands
• Reference plants for Switzerland

ETIP-DG Stakeholders meeting

• Expectations from the European Commission
• Presentation & discussion on updated targets for the DG-IWG
• Priority list for the Roadmap implementation: inputs to WP2021-2023
• Updates on Funding instruments: Horizon Europe & Innovation Fund

IWG DG SU platform for industry-research exchange:

• Innovative ideas from research
• ‘Wellbore flow simulator’