Recommendations on environmental regulations for geothermal energy

The main objective of this report is to present a set of recommendations to harmonize environmental regulations and best practices of deep geothermal for a series of selected technical and process-related topics.

This report first describes the regulatory barriers and gaps and then proposes recommendations to overcome each topic’s identified issues.

Read the report with the policy recommendations for all the topics together, which also includes an explanation of the methodology and data collection.

Find also the policy briefings below by topic:

Seismicity management => Read the summary in the factsheet or the full report

Air quality => Read the summary in the factsheet or the full report

Water quality => Read the summary in the factsheet or the full report

Public engagement => Read the summary in the factsheet or the full report

Licensing and Environmental Impact Assessment => Read the summary in the factsheet or the full report

LCA & Sustainable finance => Read the summary in the factsheet or check out the web platform

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