COMPASS Project showcased at the Italian Geothermal Forum 2025

The historic city of Rome, the current capital of Italy, hosted the highly anticipated Italian Geothermal Forum 2025, the premier event for geothermal energy of the year. The conference took place on March 11th and 12th at the Centro Congressi Auditorium della Tecnica and was organised in collaboration with the main Italian associations in the sector: Italian Geothermal Union (UGI), Italian Urban Heating Association (AIRU), National Council of Geologists, Geothermal Network, and National Association of Geothermal Heat Pump Systems (ANIGHP).

The Italian Geothermal Forum is the annual event that promotes the debate on the state and prospects of geothermal energy, stimulating the comparison between institutions, research, industry, professionals, and territories.

On the final day of the event, the COMPASS project was featured in a dedicated session titled “COMPASS Project Workshop- Challenges and Opportunities of Innovations for the Management of Geothermal Resources at High Temperatures.” Partners showcased new technologies and strategies for developing high-enthalpy and superhot geothermal wells at the session. Dr. M A Hye Chowdhury, Lead Technologist from Technovative Solutions LTD (TVS), presented on "Assessment of Financial and Environmental Performances in Supercritical Geothermal Scenarios." We had an opportunity to interview Dr. Chowdhury, where he shared his insights and reflections on his experience at the participation at the conference.

“The presentation captured huge responses from industry operators and high-level institutional representatives during the conference proceedings. Furthermore, several panellists expressed interest in the COMPASS Cost and Environmental Impact Estimators during the workshop.”-Dr Chowdhury mentioned about participants’ interaction during his session. 

The COMPASS project shares the same interest as the Italian Geothermal Forum. It has been implemented to solve the current challenges in geothermal well design- ensuring sustainable exploitation of geothermal energy and unlocking the huge potential from near magmatic resources. These efforts directly support the broader objectives of the Italian Geothermal Forum, which promotes innovative solutions to reduce the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) and minimise the carbon footprint of geothermal projects.

The event, according to Dr. Chowdhury, provided an excellent networking opportunity to connect with geothermal industry leaders and stakeholders. Discussions are already underway for future collaboration with Italian partner COSVIG in the COMPASS project. Additionally, the University of Siena has particularly expressed their interest in working on the cost and environmental impact estimators of geothermal projects.

Along with Dr. Chowdhury, experts from COMPASS and the broader geothermal community talked at the session, including: Dario Bonciani (CoSviG Scrl), Nguyen Hieu Hoang (SINTEF), Loredana Torsello (CoSviG Scrl), Axel-Pierre Bois (CURISTEC & XGS Energy), Luca Xodo (ETIP-Geothermal), Tomaso Maccio (TWI), Maria Laura Parisi (University of Siena), Monia Procesi (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – INGV), and Dario Ingi Di Rienzo (Orkuveitan).

COMPASS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101084623. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.