Objectives

 To reach this target, the detailed objectives that will direct this Geothermal ERA-NET are aimed to:

• Exchange information on the status of geothermal energy, including national support schemes and RD&D activities and identification gaps.
• Recommend measures to strengthen European geothermal development in order to meet short-term targets according to National Renewable Energy Action Plans and future contributions to renewable energy supply.
• Foster synergies at regional and pan-European level by mobilizing competitive and non-competitive funds for research in a more coordinated way through joint activities.
• Achieve a critical mass to address cross-thematic research targets, thus enhancing cooperation and avoiding fragmentation..
• Define possible schemes and barriers for the joint activities and recommend practical solutions.

• Prepare and execute transnational funding activities, required agreements on themes of the planned projects and on all implementation and administrative issues concerned.
• Complete the preliminary work required to create a European Geothermal Database whose purpose is to share information on legal and regulatory aspects, policies, measures, institutions, research projects and data.
• Increase transnational collaboration in research training and mobility in geothermal research, improving human capacity building, by sharing of best practices, gap analysis and improve science development and collaboration.
• Gain a clear understanding of the principal stakeholders for a successful, Europe-wide coordination of publicly funded, national research, development, deployment and innovation programmes.
• Communicate with principal stakeholders and enhance public awareness toward the values and benefits of geothermal scientific and policy issues.
• Prepare the ground for the future formulation of a common European roadmap for geothermal energy technology research, development, deployment and innovation programme.