In Europe , the geothermal zip market has been grow tight in 2019 , but the policy model has been proven important in affecting its maturation . These finding get along from the European Geothermal Market Report 2019 print today by the European Geothermal Energy Council ( EGEC ) .
At the end of 2019 , in Europe there were 130 geothermal electrical energy plants in surgical operation , 36 projects under development and 124 task in the planning phase for a total 3.3 GWe capacity . This predicts that the bit of go major power plant , with base consignment , could double in the next 5 - 8 years .
Europe is a lead market for geothermal district heating system and cooling systems . In 2019 , there were 5.5 GWth of set up capacitance in 25 European countries , with many raw planned projects throughout Europe compared to 2018 . The position of geothermic territorial dominion heating system and cooling reflects a potent interest for this renewable resource and the possibility to implement it almost everywhere in Europe , covering 25 % of the EU population . The trend of on-going projects anticipates a rapid acceleration and a diversification in leading markets .
instal capacity for geothermal electricity and dominion warming by country in 2019 ( MW )
In 2019 , the European geothermic heat pump market reach a milepost of 2 million warmth pumps establish . The technology became mainstream in sure home food market , test its maturity date to drive the shift of the warming sector to renewables .
Overall , the use of geothermal energy can scale up very chop-chop with the right policies and marketplace experimental condition : static policy framework , right insurance policy scheme , sound Research & Development & Innovation insurance policy , carbon price and stopping the support for fossil fuel , include gas .
On the reverse , the stop - and - go insurance witnessed in certain countries ( notably Germany and France ) play a vast disruption for geothermal technologies , obstruct the market and at long last slow down down the intake of desperately - needed solutions to decoke the European thriftiness .
Philippe Dumas , EGEC Secretary General , said “ geothermic vim is sparking exuberance throughout Europe , and not only for heating and cool in building and infrastructure , but also for industrial summons and factory farm . New opportunities are arising with the extraction of sustainable geothermal lithium made in Europe . With so many different applications , vast untapped potential and the in high spirits growth rate of the last class , geothermal vigor is bound to become the basics of energy conversion . 2020 to 2030 will be the “ Geothermal Decade ” . Suitable European and internal policy frameworks can and should encourage this trend if European countries are serious about becoming zero - carbon copy by 2050 . ”
For more selective information : European Geothermal Energy Councilwww.egec.org
