France’s Ministry of Energy Transition has officially published the finalized action plan to accelerate the development of the geothermal energy sector. The finalized action plan was published on 22 December 2023, following a first version that had been published in February 2023. The official launch was headed by Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
The new action plan supports the deployment of geothermal energy to meet the needs for renewable heating and cooling for individual and collective buildings in Mainland France. The French Association of Geothermal Professionals (AFPG) has expressed support for the acti0n plan, citing how it had been co-developed with all the players in the sector and that it will be deployed alongside the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) with a committee of public and private stakeholders which will meet regularly.
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