Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Geothermal energy is heat generated within the Earth's crust. It is used mainly for electricity generation, district heating and industrial processes. Several geothermal technologies exist, at different levels of maturity. Electricity generation uses the heat stored underground, converting it to electrical power.
⚡ But geothermal represented 0.5 % of the global renewable electricity market in 2022, generating only 0.2 % of electricity in the EU. Geothermal energy is a sustainable and reliable source that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions while providing constant baseload energy generation. And the EU's commitment to the geothermal sector is deeply rooted in the European Green Deal.
🔎 Learn more about geothermal energy: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2023)754566
00:00 Introduction
00:10 What is it?
01:04 Benefits
01:21 Challenges
01:35 EU support for the geothermal sector
Geothermal energy is heat generated within the Earth's crust. It is used mainly for electricity generation, district heating and industrial processes. Several geothermal technologies exist, at different levels of maturity. Electricity generation uses the heat stored underground, converting it to electrical power.
⚡ But geothermal represented 0.5 % of the global renewable electricity market in 2022, generating only 0.2 % of electricity in the EU. Geothermal energy is a sustainable and reliable source that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions while providing constant baseload energy generation. And the EU's commitment to the geothermal sector is deeply rooted in the European Green Deal.
🔎 Learn more about geothermal energy: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2023)754566
00:00 Introduction
00:10 What is it?
01:04 Benefits
01:21 Challenges
01:35 EU support for the geothermal sector
![Financing the European defence industry [Policy Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WXvo9S2SBgA/mqdefault.jpg "Financing the European defence industry [Policy Podcast]
Although the European defence industry is generally competitive, more than a decade of underinvestment has kept it from reaching its full potential. The significant under-investment in European defence is demonstrated by the severe difficulties the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) has in obtaining finance. Member States defence budgets will continue to be the EDTIBs main source of funding; however, more collaborative actions and spending would enhance output and efficiency.
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Financing the European defence industry
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2024)762383
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