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
Response to Action plan on accelerating Heat Pump market and deployment
26 May 2023
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.
Response to Proposal for a legislative act to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas and coal sectors
26 Jan 2021
Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
4 Nov 2020 · Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
Response to Communication on a EU hydrogen strategy
8 Jun 2020
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
Response to Commission Communication outlining a comprehensive plan to increase the EU 2030 climate target
15 Apr 2020
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