Geothermal heating plant of Sipperec in Rosny-sous-Bois, France (supply: SIPPEREC)
The consultant associations of the geothermal and photo voltaic thermal sectors of France have signed a joint roadmap for coupling of those complementary options.
The French Affiliation of Geothermal Professionals (AFPG) and the Renewable Photo voltaic Vitality Union (Enerplan), organizations representing the geothermal and photo voltaic vitality sectors respectively in France, have signed a joint roadmap to advertise the coupling and deployment of complementary options that mix photo voltaic thermal and geothermal vitality (ST-Géo).
Click on right here to entry the joint roadmap (in French).
Nonetheless largely underexploited in France, these two renewable warmth and chilly manufacturing sectors with out combustion every characterize huge potential for decarbonizing the nation. Taken into consideration in tasks for buildings, industrial purposes or warmth networks, geothermal and photo voltaic vitality supply efficient mixed options to achieve vitality sovereignty. Their mixture additionally makes it doable to attain inter-seasonal storage of photo voltaic warmth, with a purpose to make the most of the abundance of previous summer time warmth in the course of the winter interval.
This joint ST-Géo roadmap formalizes the collaboration between AFPG and Enerplan, whether or not technical, regulatory or by way of communication, to tell prescribers and mission house owners on the relevance of those virtuous combos. Whereas there’s a must optimize the usage of biomass vitality in step with the EnR Choix strategy advisable by Ademe for the Warmth Fund, ST-Géo options also needs to be extra systematically studied. The work of AFPG and Enerplan will contribute to this.
In 2023, the general public authorities printed an Motion Plan for the event of geothermal vitality. An equal plan for photo voltaic warmth should be developed within the coming months and adopted in 2025 by the general public authorities. With a purpose to contribute to the latter, Enerplan unveiled the professionals’ proposals on June 25 in the course of the Etats Généraux de la Chaleur Solaire. The actions proposed on the ST-Geo coupling of this roadmap shall be included on this future motion plan for photo voltaic warmth.
Supply: AFPG by way of e-mail correspondence
