{"id":"2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","language":"en","title":"Melilla geothermal survey clears environmental screening with conditions","summary":"Spain’s environmental authority says the proposed geothermal exploration project does not require ordinary environmental impact assessment if specified safeguards are followed.","body":["The BOE published the resolution on 10 October; it is dated 22 September. The final project describes six investigative boreholes, numbered 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, with a maximum depth of 3,500 metres to characterize a geothermal-hydrothermal deposit.","The decision concerns exploratory work and its environmental screening. It is not a production approval, a guarantee of geothermal output or an unconditional drilling permit; compliance with the environmental document’s mitigation measures and the resolution’s conditions is required."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Melilla geothermal survey clears environmental screening with conditions\n\nSpain’s environmental authority says the proposed geothermal exploration project does not require ordinary environmental impact assessment if specified safeguards are followed.\n\nThe BOE published the resolution on 10 October; it is dated 22 September. The final project describes six investigative boreholes, numbered 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, with a maximum depth of 3,500 metres to characterize a geothermal-hydrothermal deposit.\n\nThe decision concerns exploratory work and its environmental screening. It is not a production approval, a guarantee of geothermal output or an unconditional drilling permit; compliance with the environmental document’s mitigation measures and the resolution’s conditions is required.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["power","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-09-22","eventDateBasis":"Environmental screening resolution dated 22 September 2026; it was published by BOE on 10 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T19:51:21Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T19:51:21Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T19:49:04Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-10","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T19:38:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-21155","name":"Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE)","licence":"Reuse is subject to the BOE terms. This article paraphrases factual information and reproduces no source prose or images; attribution follows the BOE reuse conditions.","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","licenseUrl":"https://www.boe.es/informacion/aviso_legal/index.php","attribution":"Basado en datos de la Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado; BOE-A-2026-21155, published 10 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct10-global-next-europe-es-melilla-geothermal-screening"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"melilla","name":{"ar":"مليلية","en":"Melilla","es":"Melilla","fr":"Melilla","pt":"Melilha","ru":"Мелилья","tr":"Melilla"},"type":"city","source":{"url":"https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-21155","name":"Boletín Oficial del Estado","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","publishedAt":"2026-10-10"},"context":{"ar":"منطقة المشروع والقرار البيئي","en":"Project area and environmental decision","es":"Zona del proyecto y decisión ambiental","fr":"Zone du projet et décision environnementale","pt":"Área do projeto e decisão ambiental","ru":"Территория проекта и экологическое решение","tr":"Proje alanı ve çevresel karar"},"countryCode":"ES"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"ES","subdivisionCode":"ES-ML"},{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"ES","subdivisionCode":"ES-ML"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}