BRGM

On 8 July 2022, the members of the steering committee approved the legal status of the Caribbean Centre of Excellence on Geothermal Energy.

The Geothermal Days (Journées de la géothermie), organised by the French Association of Geothermal Professionals (AFPG), took place on 9 and 10 June 2022 in Aix-les-Bains, France and brought together more than 300 people. The event highlighted islands, and in particular Guadeloupe, with its power plant and its future Caribbean Centre of Excellence on Geothermal Energy (CECG).

Under the « Regional Development of Geothermal Energy » component of the INTERREG ETC, ADEME et its partners are drawing up a a roadmap for the operational implementation of the Caribbean Centre of Excellence in Geothermal Energy.

On 9 March 2022 Sylvie Vanoukia, president of the Guadeloupe Regional Council’s energy committee, had the pleasure of opening the first meeting of the steering committee of the Caribbean Centre of Excellence on Geothermal Energy.

On 1 and 2 October 2019, the Espace Régional du Raizet was the venue for the kick-off technical meeting of the ETC cooperation project supported by the Regional Council of Guadeloupe in association with OECS, ADEME and BRGM in the scope of the Caribbean INTERREG programme.

A large-scale electromagnetic geophysics operation around the geothermal reservoir in Bouillante (Guadeloupe) was conducted between 5 and 17 April 2021.

The BRGM has successfully deployed an electro-magnetic survey with current injection to limit the urban-noise impact on the measurements.