European Geothermal Energy Council

EGEC

EGEC, the European Geothermal Energy Council, was founded in 1998 as an international non-profit association in Brussels.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament) and

26 Nov 2025 · Geothermal energy breakfast

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2025 · Geothermal energy

Response to European Grid Package

4 Aug 2025

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

23 Jul 2025 · to discuss the role of geothermal in decarbonising industry and agriculture

Meeting with Beatrice Coda (Head of Unit Research and Innovation)

12 May 2025 · Presentation of the European Technology Innovation Platform on Geothermal Energy and its activities, its vision of the geothermal landscape of the European Geothermal sector.

Meeting with Paula Rey Garcia (Head of Unit Energy)

8 May 2025 · Electrification Action Plan and Heating and Cooling Strategy

Meeting with Anne-Maud Orlinski (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

6 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on geothermal energy and upcoming initiatives of the European Commisison

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

30 Jan 2025 · Affordable Energy action Plan

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jan 2025 · Geothermal Action Plan

Meeting with Michal Wiezik (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · Geothermal sector

Meeting with Gordan Bosanac (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2024 · Geothermal energy

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Geothermal energy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Jan 2024 · Exchange on Geothermal Energy

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Dec 2023 · Geothermal energy

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Oct 2023 · Geothermal energy, INI

Meeting with Morten Petersen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

12 Oct 2023 · Ongoing Parliamentary work related to Geothermal

Meeting with Tsvetelina Penkova (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Oct 2023 · Meeting with European Geothermal Energy Council

Meeting with Beatrice Covassi (Member of the European Parliament) and Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF

11 Oct 2023 · Solar heat and geothermal energy

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Sept 2023 · Geothermal INI (staff level)

Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Sept 2023 · Geothermal energy

Meeting with Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

30 May 2023 · (Geothermal) Energy investments in RDP

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Feb 2023 · Geothermal energy

Meeting with Barbara Glowacka (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

10 May 2022 · Geothermal in the REPowerEU package

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Feb 2022 · Energy Efficiency Directive

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Feb 2022 · Discussion on the EGEC’s position paper on the Renewable Energy Directive

Meeting with Laure Chapuis (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson) and

22 Sept 2021 · Draft Climate, Energy and Environmental State aid Guidelines.

Meeting with Laure Chapuis (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

27 May 2021 · To discuss the Fit for 55 Package.

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

4 Nov 2020 · Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

6 May 2020 · Decarbonising European heating sector

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and European Heat Pump Association

19 Jun 2019 · The heating and cooling sector, decarbonisation, boosting the energy performance of buildings

Meeting with Miguel Angel Sagredo Fernandez (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete), Pierre Schellekens (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

12 Apr 2018 · RED II Trilogue

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF

5 Dec 2017 · Heating and cooling and Clean Energy package

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and

21 Jun 2016 · European renewables industry

Meeting with Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

18 Sept 2015 · European Energy Union

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

16 Sept 2015 · Energy Union

Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

3 Sept 2015 · Position paper: Developing a reliable and transparent Energy Union Governance system