| Title | GTR-H - Geothermal Legislation in Europe |
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| Authors | Goodman, R., Pasquali, R. Dumas, P., Hámor T., Jaudin F., Kepinska, B., Reay, D., Rueter, H., Sanner, B., Van Heekeren, V., Bussmann, W., Ll Jones, G. |
| Year | 2010 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | GTR-H, geothermal regulation, heat, framework, EU, Altener, IEEA |
| Abstract | The IEEA, Altener funded GeoThermal Regulation – Heat (GTR-H (www.gtrh.eu)) project ran from October 2006 to October 2009 with the aim of identifying and reviewing the regulatory barriers and deficiencies for geothermal heat in unregulated EU countries. The GTR-H project aims to develop a template framework for geothermal regulation in the EU which would provide the basis for the development of national framework documents. Barriers both in the ‘target’ and the ‘Best Practice’ (BP) countries included resource ownership/usage, multiresource licensing, limits of geothermal reservoirs, financial barriers and support for geothermal. Geothermal regulation in the project’s partner countries, as well as in the EU-27 and broadly in the international context, is influenced predominantly by the preceding natural resources legislation. Guidelines for the establishment of a framework document for geothermal regulation in the EU 27 have been developed and disseminated to a broader international audience. The GTR-H project builds on previous EU projects such as K4RES-H in the renewable energy sector. |