The Geo-Energy Europe (GEE) consortium, coordinated by Geoscience Ireland (GI), met recently, both in person and virtually; project partners from France, Hungary and Belgium met the GI team in Dublin, while Italian, Spanish, German and Turkish partners participated online.

This was the first in person project meeting since the beginning of strand 2 in Sept 2020 (until August 2022), due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. Partners have adapted to the circumstances of the pandemic and coordinated the project online, which has been very successful; however, meeting partners in person was very beneficial and created a great sense of teamwork and boosted moral among partners.

The GEO-ENERGY EUROPE (GEE) metacluster brings together the European know-how, technologies and experience in geo-energy, with an emphasis on its SMEs’ offer and a focus on deep geothermal energy.

GEE currently represents over 600 members, including 300+ SMEs, from 23 EU countries, and covers the entire deep geothermal value chain.

Objectives include:

• Networking
• Knowledge sharing
• Exporting SME expertise
• Business collaboration

Geo-Energy Europe is funded by the European Commission’s COSME Programme – Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprises.

GEE comprises 9 Cluster Partners:

• Geoplat (Spanish Geothermal Platform)
• Geoscience Ireland
• JESDER (Geothermal Power Plant Investors Association)- Turkey
• Cluster of Applied Earth Sciences (CAPES)- Hungary
• GeoEnergy Celle- The Celle cooperation network uses the experience of 150 years of crude oil and natural gas and its technologies to develop new energies -Germany
• Pole Avenia- France
• GEODEEP France
• COSVIG (Consortium for the Development of Geothermal Areas)-Italy
• European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)- Belgium

GEE main activities include Capacity Building, Market & Opportunity Analysis, Joint Internationalisation, strategy and implementation roadmap & Sectorial and cross sectorial collaboration.

You can view further info on the GEE project here.