Regulatory frameworks for geothermal district heating: A review of existing practices
- Key words
- Geothermal, district heating, licencing, environmental impact assessment, regulation
- Conference
- European Geothermal Congress
- Year
- 2016
- Session
- Policy and Markets – Legal Aspects
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- P-LA-308
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Abstract
The potential of geothermal district heating is significant. Yet, regulatory and financial barriers hamper its large-scale deployment. This paper will present part of the work carried out during the IEE project ?GeoDH?.
Through case-studies from Hungary, Italy, and Denmark, the objective is to identify what are the very favourable regulatory conditions for the development of geothermal district heating technology in Europe and what is considered to be a barrier. Finally, a number of general recommendations are proposed for national, regional, and local policy-makers.
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