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Qingshui geothermal power plant, Taiwan hits 38m-kWh milestone

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The operators of the Qingshui geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan, have announced that the project has now produced more than 38 million kWh of electricity as of the end of July 2023 since i ts opening in October 2021. With an installed capacity of 4.2 These all pertain to the same project.

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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

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The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recently celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the Tongonan geothermal power plant in the Leyte geothermal field of the Philippines. After several years of intensive exploration and development work, the Tongonan-1 geothermal power plant was inaugurated on July 02, 1983.

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PPPs as an enabler of project financing for geothermal in Africa

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It expands upon the premise of a previous paper that shows how PPP has enabled geothermal development in Kenya , paving the way for the Eastern African nation to build 985 MWe of installed geothermal power capacity as of the end of 2023. The full text of the paper can be accessed via this link.

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WGC2023 in Beijing, China highlights global geothermal growth and potential

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It is China’s first time hosting the international geothermal event of this kind. The three-day WGC 2023 is attended by more than 1,400 guests from 54 countries and regions, hosting 88 forums and seminars in parallel with technology and equipment exhibition, which is joined by a record-setting number of companies.

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Pertamina harnessing innovative technologies to optimize geothermal operations

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PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) continues to explore the use off innovative breakthrough technologies to further optimize their geothermal operations in Indonesia. All these efforts are part of the state-owned developer’s commitment of advancing the local geothermal industry.

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Interview – Singapore, Asia’s newest emerging geothermal market

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Many people are already familiar with Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and China as some of the leaders of geothermal development in Asia. Taiwan and South Korea area also steadily building up their geothermal markets, and we are beginning to see encouraging progress in India.

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Heat network plans warm up with £30m funding boost

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The GHNF succeeded the HNIP in March this year and is designed to help deliver larger scale heat network projects, paving the way for low carbon heat technologies such as heat pumps, geothermal energy, and solar heating systems to be delivered at scale. The scheme is expected to reduce emissions equivalent to taking 5.6