GEORG’s Continued Leadership in CETPartnership TRI4 Heating & Cooling Office
The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) collaborates on research, technology development, and innovation across borders. It aims to boost the shift towards clean energy by combining funding from regional and national Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) programs. The goal is to support the EU’s aim of becoming climate-neutral by 2050. CETP aims to fund various technologies and solutions needed for this transition by pooling national resources.
GEORG stays at the forefront of this transformation, actively managing the TRI4 Heating and Cooling Office in collaboration with Orkustofnun and the GEOTHERMICA network. Over the past year, our contributions have shaped critical aspects of CETP, including developing monitoring guidelines for partnership calls and refining the impact strategy of funded projects. As leaders in the Heating and Cooling Challenge (TRI4), our team organises annual Joint Calls and spearheads strategic initiatives to advance geothermal energy solutions for heating and cooling.
In 2024, GEORG’s engagement with CETP expands through new knowledge-sharing activities:
- General Annual Board Meeting: We convene 60 stakeholders from member states to facilitate strategic discussions and decisions that shape the future of clean energy research and funding. https://georg.cluster.is/georg-cluster-hosts-general-assembly-for-cetpartnership/
- Online Webinar on Solar Thermal: Bringing together experts, innovators, and policymakers to explore advancements in solar thermal applications and their integration into the clean energy landscape. Link https://cetpartnership.eu/accelerating-clean-energy-shift-solar-thermal-workshop-cetpartnership-tri4-heating-cooling
- Knowledge-Sharing Workshop in Ittigen: This hands-on, collaborative event will foster deeper insights into heating and cooling technologies, with a special focus on geothermal energy, solar thermal solutions, and energy storage systems. Link https://www.geothermica.eu/article/knowledge-sharing-workshop-2024-impressions –
Through these initiatives, GEORG continues to push sustainable energy solutions, reinforcing CETP’s mission to accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition. With a detailed plan targeting 2030, CETP tackles key challenges of the energy transition, emphasising tangible results and measurable impacts.
Our team primarily focuses on organising annual Joint Calls under the Heating and Cooling Challenge (TRI4). We manage the office for this initiative and drive strategic developments to promote the use of geothermal energy for heating and cooling, and geothermal energy technologies. This challenge supports various technologies related to heating and cooling, including geothermal energy at all depths, solar thermal applications, systems for buildings, storage solutions, and industrial applications.
