From Guidelines to Growth: How Standards Enable Geothermal Scale-Up (DS)
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Geothermal Energy
| Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
| 11:35 AM - 12:55 PM |
| Room 1 |
Details
Standards and guidelines are essential for scaling up geothermal energy in an efficient, responsible, and transparent manner. Developed for different phases of geothermal projects, they provide orientation, support consistent decision-making, and help manage technical and regulatory complexity. This session will shed light on the importance of guidelines and will present two examples of guideline frameworks developed in Europe. A concluding panel discussion will explore how guidelines can support processes throughout the project lifecycle and foster transparent decision-making among developers, operators, investors, insurers, and public authorities.
Speaker
Dr Nicole Grobys
Head of Geo-Energy Systems
DGMK
Why standards matter
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM
Dr Sebastian Homuth
Head Operations
Deutsche Erdwärme GmbH & Co KG
From Exploration to Drilling - Structured Risk Management in Geothermal Projects
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
Dr Sjoukje De Vries
Geoscientist
EBN
Guideline for Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment for Geothermal Projects in The Netherlands
12:05 PM - 12:25 PM
Mr Ingo Forstner
Head of Storage and Geothermal Energy
Bundesverband Erdgas, Erdöl Und Geoenergy E.v.
Panel Speaker
Matthias Tönnis
Underwriter
Munich RE
Panel Speaker
Moderator
Nicole Grobys
Head of Geo-Energy Systems
DGMK
Adriaan Janszen
Geoscientist
EBN
Thomas Mooij
Geoscientist
Panterra Geoconsultants
Panel speaker
Ingo Forstner
Head of Storage and Geothermal Energy
Bundesverband Erdgas, Erdöl Und Geoenergy E.v.
Matthias Tönnis
Underwriter
Munich RE
