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Welcome to the International Geothermal Association
The International Geothermal Association (IGA), founded in 1988, is a scientific, educational and cultural organization established to operate worldwide. It has nearly 5,000 members in over 65 countries.
The IGA is a non-political, non-profit, non-governmental organization with special consultative status to the UN and special observer status to the Green Climate Fund. The objectives of the IGA are to encourage research, the development and utilization of geothermal resources worldwide through the publication of scientific and technical information among the geothermal specialists, the business community, governmental representatives, UN organisations, civil society and the general public. >> read more
IGA News
IGA Executive Director - Vacancy from 2017
The IGA is seeking for a new Executive Director from beginning of 2017. The position is based at the IGA Secretariat in Bochum, Germany.
International IGA coffee break talks at the European Geothermal Congress in Strasbourg
The IGA offers a series of coffee break talks at the IGA booth at the upcoming EGC.
IGA Book launch "Geothermal Exploration - Global Strategies and Applications"
The book will be launched and released in Strasbourg on 22 Sept. 2016
Latin America Symposium by IGA and IEA Geothermal at the next GeoTHERM – expo and congress
A joint event is organised on 14-15 Feb. 2017
Invitation to the IGA Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The 2016 AGM will be held at the at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the afternoon of Monday, 31 October 2016.
Geothermal energy in New Zealand & the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
The online UN contribution informs on great achievements of the Tauhara North No. 2 Trust in New Zealand.
Results of the IGA Board of Directors Elections for 2016-2019
The new IGA Board of Directors (BoD) for the period 2016-2019 has been elected.
Geothermal News
Invitation to participate in the GeoWell Risk Assessment Survey
The International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS) is performing a survey within the framework of the GeoWell Project.
IRENA call for project proposals
The Global Geothermal Alliance of IRENA invites project proposals. Deadline is 31 August.
New World Bank publication: Greenhouse Gases from Geothermal Power Production
A report recently published by the World Bank ESMAP.
UNFC geothermal energy specifications open for public comment
The IGA and UNECE invite comments until 4 August 2016.
A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy
On 1 June 2016, REN21 published the Renewables Global Status Report 2016.
EU-Project start in the Alpes
In May a project was initiated on near-surface geothermal resources in the Alpes
IESE sets sights on South America
New Zealand company International Earth Sciences (IESE) is looking to expand its operations in South America with a representative attending this week’s Expomin 2016 conference in Santiago.
Melbourne, Australia
Kiev, Ukraine
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
