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European Geothermal Energy Summit 2026
Geothermal energy is becoming an increasingly important part of Europe’s energy transition, but the challenge is no longer only about recognising its potential. The real question now is what it takes to move projects from ambition to execution. As the sector enters a more commercial phase, issues such as project bankability, offtake security, infrastructure readiness, financing friction, urban delivery models, and municipal decision-making are becoming central to long-term growth.
Join senior leaders from across the geothermal value chain at the European Geothermal Energy Summit 2026, taking place on the 7th & 8th of October in Cologne, Germany. This event will bring together developers, utilities, investors, policymakers, municipalities, industrial heat users, and technical experts to examine the conditions needed to accelerate geothermal deployment across Europe. Through two days of high-level discussion, the summit will explore where policy is turning into market traction, how projects become bankable, and what is needed to scale geothermal heat and power in practical terms.
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- Key Topics for the 2026 Event
- Who Will Attend?
- Sponsors
- Agenda
- Maximising Face-To-Face Networking
- Europe’s Geothermal Front-Runners: Where Policy Is Turning Heat into Growth?
- Building Bankability from the Ground Up: Pricing Certainty, Offtake Security, and Time Discipline
- Resource Is Not Route to Market: The Infrastructure Conditions That Decide Delivery
- No Imported Blueprint: Matching Urban Europe with the Right Geothermal Model
- Financing Geothermal in the Real World: The Friction Points Behind Capital Deployment
- Hard-Won Lessons from Tougher Markets: What Europe Can Learn Before It Slows Itself Down
- Beyond Power: Why Europe’s Geothermal Future Is Also a Heat Story
- Cities as the Customer: The Municipal Decisions Shaping Central Europe’s Heat Transition
- From Curiosity to Commitment: What It Takes to Bring New Players into Geothermal
- Geothermal energy professionals and executives
- Leaders in Geothermal energy
- Renewable energy developers and engineers
- Technology innovators and researchers
- Policy makers and regulatory experts
- Environmental and sustainability advocates
- Investors and financial analysts
ACI has put together a range of packages to suit your requirements. These range from branding options, to full scale partner solutions and can be tailored to meet your objectives and budgets.
If you are launching a new product or service and wish to gain visibility and brand recognition within your industry, contact us today!
For commercial opportunities, please contact:
Sponsorship
Venkat Paramasivam
Tel: +44 20 3141 0220
Email: [email protected]
At the event we strive not only to bring you to the same location at the same time as your customers/suppliers/peers, we strive to ensure you meet face-to-face with each and every one of your target contacts and to provide you with the time you need to have multiple unhurried conversations with them and build a lasting business relationship:
• A pre-event informal introduction the evening before the conference
• A minimum of five hours’ networking built into the two day conference agenda
• A networking grid which enables you to make your target contacts aware you are looking for them
• The option to join either social drinks or dinner during the evening of Day One
• ACI’s on-site team will assist you in locating your hard-to-find target contacts & make face-to-face introductions
Of course, if there is anybody you are unable to meet over the two days, ACI’s event team will do their best to initiate contact after the event.
