The main objective of the ENGINE Co-ordination Action
(ENhanced Geothermal Innovative Network for Europe) is to
co-ordinate present research and development initiatives for
Enhanced Geothermal Systems, ranging from the resource
investigation and assessment stage through to exploitation
monitoring. From the very beginning, the focus has been on
the quality of the organisation of the meetings. By
mid-term, the project has organised 2 conferences and 3
specialised workshops, following what was defined in the
work plan. CD-Roms and Newsletters have disseminated
information resulting from each meeting and the web site has
had a constant growth of visits. Several points have been
emphasized, such as the interest of partners to share their
knowledge and practices, the progressive broadening of the
community participating to these meetings and the definition
of R&D’s stakes for developing unconventional geothermal
resources. The close and frequent relationship and exchanges
between partners belonging to the conventional geothermal
community and partner representing European EGS pioneers was
also a major element of success for the meetings hold during
the first year of ENGINE. The settlement of a stakeholder
committee is a next step in order to enhance links between
R&D teams and stakeholders by providing strategic guidance
to the Executive Group and to Contractors in general. This
will coincide with the official start of the expert groups
in charge of defining the best practices and priorities for
research investment.
As an introduction to the main sessions of the conference,
work package leaders will present the main outcomes of the
meetings and specialised workshops and from some elaborated
synthesis. These documents already provide a framework for
some of the R&D issues that will result from the ENGINE project.

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