Organizations call on European Commission to consider next-generation solutions in geothermal strategy
Organizations call for robust and comprehensive EU Geothermal Strategy and Action Plan (source: Cancillería Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0 
Carlo Cariaga
9 Dec 2025
A group of 23 organizations call on the European Commission to present a geothermal strategy and action plan that includes next-generation technologies.
A group of 23 organizations spanning across industry, research, civil society, and public authorities have co-signed a letter appealing to the European Commission to present a robust and comprehensive geothermal strategy and action plan that recognizes the full spectrum of geothermal energy technologies, including next-generation geothermal solutions.
Click here to read the full letter addressed to the European Commission.
The organizations argue that a strategy that focuses solely on heating and cooling applications would ignore the potential of geothermal electricity production with multiple cascading streams. Moreover, next-generation pathways warrant attention as they help widen the potential geothermal resource base through enhanced and advanced geothermal systems, and superhot geothermal environments. These next-generation systems build directly on the drilling, reservoir management, and heat-use expertise the EU already leads in.
The signatory companies are: AxioGeni, Baker Hughes, Baseload Capital, Canopus Drilling, Clean Air Task Force, Eaposys SA, Energy Cities, Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar, Enna Geo, European Federation of Geologists, European Geothermal Energy Council, Future Cleantech Architects, GA Drilling, Geothermal Ukraine, Hephae Energy, OMV Aktiengesellschaft, PW Energy, SwissDGS GmbH, Telura, Turboden, Underground Ventures, Vallourec, and Zenon Energy Research
“A forward-looking Action Plan can help Europe lead in next-generation geothermal technologies that provide clean, firm heat and power,” said Alessia Virone, EU Affairs Director at Clean Air Task Force. “But capturing full benefits of geothermal will require support for innovation, a stronger value chain, and efforts to reduce early-stage project risk.”
With efforts to transform technological innovations to commercially viable solutions, the organizations are appealing for the EU to strengthen support mechanisms to manage risks and grow the region’s manufacturing and service sector.
The organizations also call on the action plan to support research, field testing, and commercialization of next-generation geothermal technologies in EU Member States, strengthen the manufacturing and services capabilities to support the geothermal industry, and set up risk-sharing mechanisms between public and private stakeholders.
Multiple calls have been made through the years for the European Commission to present a geothermal strategy and action plan. There now seems to be progress as such a document is now expected to be published by early 2026.
Source: Email correspondence
