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supported by | | GROUND-REACH meeting on promoting GSHPs in FranceFeb. 26, 2007 - The Workshop, which was organized by BRGM and ADEME in Orleans, on February 8, was successful with more than 100 participants, representing companies which manufacture heat pumps and companies which install ground source heat pump systems, drilling companies, decision makers in the field of the construction of buildings, representatives of local authorities (regional council, education -university and technical secondary schools-), engineering companies, EDF, journalists from local and national press, and many others. The main meeting conclusion was that France has the will and the potential to grow geothermal heat pumps as base power load by new installations and replacing old inefficient boilers. Since the Workshop, BRGM receives 1 or 2 information requests on GSHP each day. Furthermore, the regional council is working on a programme called "To make of the Region Centre an European pole in energy efficiency" which includes clear objectives for geothermal energy. Source: CRES | |
