2025 UTES Workshop in Vienna

22 May 2025, Schloss Schönbrunn - Vienna

GEOTHERMICA Initiative, IEA Geothermal, and Geothermal IWG co-organized a workshop focusing on Undergound Thermal Energy Storage (UTES) policies and strategies in European member states.

Participants from Iceland, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Belgium attended the workshop.

Representatives of public authorities discussed and compared UTES policies in their respective countries, while representatives from BNGBank, Ruden, Qheat, and WienEnergy introduced successful UTES projects and business cases to the audience.

Session 1: UTES Policies
Germany – Stephan Schreiber
Netherlands – Gerdi Breembroek
Switzerland – Stephan Bolay
Iceland – Kristján Geirsson
Austria – Sandra Braumann

Session 2: UTES Projects & Business Cases
Caspar Boendermaker: Financing and Business Case for UTES
Eivind Bastesen: Tromsø UTES (FTES)
Rami Niemi: Lounavoima UTES (BTES)
Rusbeh Rezania: Vienna UTES (CTES/PTES/TTES)

For more Information:

https://geothermica.vercel.app/article/utes-workshop-2025-europes-underground-energy-futu