The GROUND-MED project has developed and assessed an innovative system of geothermal heat pumps in eight pilot locations around Europe (France; Romania; Portugal; Slovenia; Barcelona and Valencia, Spain; Italy and Greece). The initiative includes research, demonstration and monitoring, dissemination, and project management activities.

The GROUND-MED consortium is comprised of twenty-four European organisations and includes a broad array of actors from the geothermal energy world. For example, research institutes, universities, heat pump installers, national and European industrial associations, energy consultants, employment agencies and an information centre.