November 24, 2025
Advancing Geothermal in CEE: Key Aspects of National Strategic Frameworks, Financial Models, and Innovation Potential
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Event Details:
24 November 2025
15:00 – 17:30
19th Central European Energy Conference
Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, Bratislava, Slovakia
About the event
Join Clean Air Task Force at the 19th Central European Energy Conference for a side session on the opportunities and challenges facing geothermal energy development in Central and Eastern Europe.
This roundtable will continue the in-depth discussion about geothermal energy in Central and Eastern Europe. The roundtable will bring together geothermal experts and stakeholders from Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Poland and Croatia to debate over regional aspirations for geothermal energy and the strategies and measures that are needed.
Geothermal is a local, reliable, and predictable renewable energy with a wide range of applications across the heating and cooling, industry and agricultural sectors and huge innovation potential. Hungary and Croatia are among the EU leaders in geothermal growth, while Poland has a proven success record of national funding and dedicated geothermal regulations, examples to be copied by the EU neighbours. This joint experience can be useful for Slovakia and Romania, where the oil and gas sector is expected to open up more for geothermal. These countries are all taking positive steps, but much more can be achieved, especially with closer cooperation.
This session aims to provide the opportunity for a regional exchange of ideas and best practices for national geothermal support measures, taking into consideration local energy and climate plans.
Featured Speakers
- Tamara Lagurashvili, Director, Central and Eastern Europe, Clean Air Task Force
- Jenna Hill, Superhot Rock Geothermal Innovation Manager, Clean Air Task Force
- Marcin Jamiołkowski, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
- Gábor Molnár, Arctic Green Engineering
- Annamária Nádor, European Union Strategy for the Danube and Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Affairs of Hungary
- Beata Kępińska, Polish Geothermal Society
