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New Board elected for the European Geothermal Energy Council

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 Sep 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”