Activities of Paolo BORCHIA related to 2023/2111(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on geothermal energy
Amendments (11)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– given the available legislation, rules and technical and scientific papers on the use of geothermal energy for heating and cooling through heat pumps (also known as geoexchange, shallow geothermal or ground-source heat pumps or GSHP);
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the industry estimates that using geothermal technology and ground- source heat pumps for heating and cooling can supply more than 25 % of the heating and cooling consumed in Europe and over 10 % of its electrical power;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. given the need to provide a shared and multilingual terminological glossary to the geothermal sector which makes explicit basic concepts concerning, for example, the use of deep, electric, high- enthalpy geothermal energy or of shallow, geoexchange, very low-enthalpy geothermal energy for heating and cooling via water-to-water heat pumps;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, according to industry estimates, more than 10 % of the EU's electricity could be produced by fully renewable geothermal energy sources (geothermal electricity or high-enthalpy geothermal);
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas geothermal district heating has significant potential for the heating and cooling of urban centres located in areas with particular geological and hydrogeological characteristics, which could contribute to building local 'energy communities' and to collective self-sufficiency in renewable energy consumption;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the development of technologies has broadened the area suitable for cost-efficient geothermal projects and their scope; stresses the potential of low-temperature, shallow geothermal resources that arcould potentially be available in all Member States;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to explore methods of collecting different types of geological data from public and private entities with a view to organising, systematising and making ithem available to the public; notes via dedicated WebGIS platforms; while noting that this should be achieved in compliance with confidentiality requirements and data protection rules, and, where necessary, include incentives and compensation for data sharing by private entities;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that for areas with insufficient subsurface data, governments can play a role in funding geothermal resource mapping and exploratory drilling; welcomes the fact that some Member States have already taken steps in this direction; calls for EU funding to support this data collection with a view to creating an EU-wide atlas of geothermal potentialenergy's potential for heating and cooling (geoexchange) and also energy production;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the requirements of mining laws designed for large-scale mining projects are difficult to uphold in much smaller-scale geothermal projects; calls on the Member States to review and simplify existing mining laws, where necessary, or to develop dedicated permitting rules for geothermal; asks the Commission to provide guidelines to ensure the requisite level of coherence, potentially by setting thresholds based on each plant's rated input;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that permits for geothermal installations producing electricity must be made extensible to cover the extraction of lithium or the production of hydrogen from existing capacity under the same lease;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes at the same time that industry regulations concerning the setting up of geothermal heating and cooling systems (geoexchange, shallow geothermal or GSHP) require a simplified approach as regards the systems' generally shallow installation depth, the value of investments, all potential added value and their generally negligible environmental impact; it will, in particular, be necessary to establish specific closed-loop circuits (with geothermal probes) and open-loop systems (where water is pumped from an aquifer and is then discharged either there or into a surface water body);