The “Industry Roundtable for the Australian Geothermal Energy Sector” was at once a chance for the geothermal sector as a whole to enjoy some quality time and interaction with both Ministers (albeit half an hour), and the beginning of a process to create a “development framework” for the sector. 

The general feeling of the group (or the small sample HDR spoke to) was that both Ministers were engaged and supportive of geothermal energy and keen to help smooth major impediments to development. For example, at the suggestion that the REDI funding scheme is not well suited to applications for geothermal energy projects, Minister Macfarlane replied with “I bet it will be tomorrow.”