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New Board elected for the European Geothermal Energy Council

EGEC staff and former and current President of EGEC at the EGC 2016, Strasbourg (source: Egec-©-Philippe-Stirnweiss)
Alexander Richter 26 Eyl 2016

A new board was elected for the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) at the recent EGC 2016 conference in Strasbourg/ France.

The new board of the European Geothermal Energy Council was elected at the European Geothermal Congress yesterday, including a new President. The new board is comprised of:

The new EGEC President Ruggero Bertani with former president Burkard Sanner and the EGEC staff at the recent European Geothermal Congress last week.

  • President: Ruggero Bertani (ENEL Green Power)
  • Vice President: Miklos Antics (GPC IP)
  • Vice president: Javier Urchueguia (Energesis)
  • Treasurer: Attila Kujbus (Geothermal Express)
  • Board Member: Marco Baresi (Turboden)
  • Board Member: Robert Gavriliuc (Romanian Geoexchange Society)
  • Board Member: Thor-Erik Musaeus (Rock Energy)

The new president highlighted the importance of supporting geothermal as Europe transitions towards a greater penetration of renewables for both electricity, and heating and cooling.

“Conferences like our EGC are an important milestone, and a starting point for future development. I hope to see such impressive participation at the next European Geothermal Congress”