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MARCH 25, 2024

million) to renewable energy company BLD Power Stations for the Minami Tateishi geothermal power plant located in Beppu City in Oita Prefecture, Japan. This marks the first geothermal power generation project in Japan to receive funding from a Green Loan financial instrument.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) has broken ground on the construction of the power plant and Fluid Collection and Reinjection System (FCRS) for the Lumut Balai Unit 2 project in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The 55-MW expansion of the existing power facility is set to operate by the end of 2024.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH (Vulcan Energy) has been awarded as the recipient of the prestigious Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2024. The LEOP, inaugurated in November 2023, is located at the site of the Landau geothermal power plant in Germany. It is very important for us.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Department of Energy will be hosting the “DOE’s Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Next-Generation Geothermal Power Webinar” on the 12th of April 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. Registration for the webinar is currently open. Click here to register.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The Prešov self-governing region has signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation with developer PW Energy for a geothermal power project in L’ubotice within the Prešov district. If the project proceeds, this will be first geothermal power plant in Slovakia. Source: Trend.sk

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MAY 17, 2024

New Zealand utility company Contact Energy is currently reevaluating its plans for a new geothermal power plant in the Wairakei field that sought to replace the aging Wairakei A and B geothermal power stations that had been operating since 1958. The commissioning process for this project has already started.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The 7th Turkish Geothermal Congress, organized annually by the Geothermal Power Plant Investors Association ( JESDER ), will be held on 21-22 February 2024 at the Grand Ankara Hotel & Convention Center in Ankara, Türkiye.

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APRIL 25, 2024

With preparations of the drilling site close to completion, the exploration drilling campaign for the planned geothermal project of Geo-Energie Jura in Haute-Sorne in the canton of Jura, Switzerland is set to begin by the 21st of May 2024. The project will supply clean power to around 6000 households.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Registration is currently open for the “Advancing Geothermal Development Workshop” on 18 April 2024, to be hosted at the Fidel Center, New Mexico Tech , Socorro, New Mexico. A unique opportunity to network with peers and experts in renewable energy. Secure your spot in the workshop by registering via this link.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Registration for international participants has officially opened for the 2nd Taiwan International Geothermal Conference , taking place in Taipei, Taiwan on 20-21 February 2024. The inaugural Taiwan International Geothermal Conference (TIGC) held last year had more than 400 people and 30 firm in attendance.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Registration is currently open for a webinar to be hosted by the Australian Geothermal Association on “ Lemont GeoLithium, a Tasmanian geothermal power plus lithium-in-brine project.” John is a geophysicist with over 40 years’ experience including nearly two decades in geothermal energy.

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MAY 7, 2024

The 2nd Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit is set to come back this year on 20 September to bring together geothermal experts in Budapest, Hungary. Early bird registration for the 2nd Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit is currently open.

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APRIL 15, 2024

As part of the regular Focus on Geothermal Webinar series – a partnership of Enerchange and ThinkGeoEnergy – we are proud to host Paolo Danesi and Giulia Filippini of Exergy International for a webinar on “Unlocking geothermal power: Exploring the rise of ORC geothermal technology worldwide.”

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APRIL 9, 2024

ThinkGeoEnergy and the Geothermal Association of Keny a (“GAK”) are proud to announce a media partnership for the 2024 Kenya Geothermal Congress , taking place on 16-18 July 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. About ThinkGeoEnergy Founded in 2008, ThinkGeoEnergy is the leading news platform for the global geothermal energy sector.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The European Technology & Innovation Platform on Geothermal (ETIP-Geothermal) has announced the election of Luca Xodo as the new Chairman for the term 2024-2026. Luca Xodo brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the geothermal industry to this pivotal role.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In this webinar, Kai will share details of the current status and work being done by the GRMF in funding and facilitating geothermal development in Eastern Africa, as well as the lessons learned from this initiative so far.

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APRIL 15, 2024

The deadline for tender submission will be on 22 April 2024, but this is likely to be extended by a few weeks. Earlier this year, PPC Renewables announced plans of developing a 250-kW pilot geothermal project in the island of Lesvos, with the potential to expand to an 8-MW geothermal power station.

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APRIL 3, 2024

The Hokkaido Electric Power Company (HEPCO) with Obayashi Corporation have announced the start of an exploration campaign for geothermal power generation in the village of Rusutsu in Hokkaido, Japan near the southern foot of Mt. Shiribetsu.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

PW Geoenergy, a subsidiary of PW Energy , has announced a tender for exploration drilling of two geothermal wells in the territory of Lovca in Slovakia for the Ziar nad Hronom geothermal project. Requests to participate will be accepted until 1st of February 2024. The project has an estimated value of EUR 20 million.

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MARCH 7, 2024

With this request, the drilling operations in Slatina-3 which were set to begin by February 2024 were paused pending the decision by the Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency. Cindrigo started the development of Croatian geothermal projects following the acquisition of share capital of Energy Co-invest Global Corp. back in 2022.

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APRIL 5, 2024

GreenFire Energy Inc. GreenFire) has announced that it has received approval from KenGen to commence the implementation of the company’s proprietary GreenLoop® technology in a geothermal well in the Olkaria geothermal field in Kenya.

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APRIL 18, 2024

On February 26, 2024, GA Drilling, the leader.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

However, very tight fractures in the development area limited the permeability for geothermal power production. In early 2022, the government met with Canadian company Eavor Technologies to talk about the possible reviving of the island state’s geothermal power project. Source: iWitness News SVG The post St.

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APRIL 2, 2024

The National Geothermal Association of the Philippines (NGAP) has announced a call for titles and abstracts for the 5th Philippine International Geothermal Conference (PIGC). The event will be taking place on 25-26 September 2024. Titles and abstracts will be accepted until 26 June 2024.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The importance of Iceland to the global geothermal sector is reason enough for the 5th Iceland Geothermal Conference (IGC 2024) to be one of the most important industry events this year. The Iceland Geothermal Conference will be held on 28-30 May, 2024 at the Harpa in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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APRIL 11, 2024

From April to May 2024, seismic measurements will be conducted in in the Schönbrunn region of Vogtlandkreis, Germany as part of a geothermal evaluation campaign. Plans for the geothermal project were first announced in July 2023 , with the corresponding contracts awarded after about a month.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Stillwater Hybrid geothermal and solar – located in Churchill County, Nevada, the triple hybrid power plant consists of a geothermal binary unit, Solar PV plant, and solar thermal plant that sells its clean electricity under a long-term PPA with NV Energy. Highway at Cove Fort historic site in Utah, U.S. “We

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MARCH 15, 2024

Orlando Velandia Sepúlveda, President of Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos/ANH), has announced that Colombia will conduct its first round of auctions for geothermal energy projects by the second semester of 2024. he added. “We Source: Yahoo!

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APRIL 5, 2024

. “In terms of the production of geothermal fluids for electricity purposes, to maintain the geothermal fields, let us assume that around 15 wells must be drilled. Heber Diez went on to say that the investment requirement of geothermal represents a slight fraction of what is spent for the oil industry.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

An agreement has been reached with the World Bank to excavate four more wells, the project will be completed until September 2024. While Aluto Langano is the site of a previously operating geothermal power plant, it has though not been producing for many years. The project has seen some delay after drilling started in 2021.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indonesia’s state-owned geothermal developer and operator PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) is preparing capital expenditure of IDR 8.74 trillion or approximately USD 550 million throughout 2024 to fund an ambitious goal of increasing geothermal capacity up to 1 GW within the next two years.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

UK-based Star Energy Group has deployed a drill rig to the Ernestinovo geothermal license area in the Pannonian Basin in Croatia to re-enter the Ernestinovo-3 well and test the geothermal potential of the fractured metamorphic pre-Cenozoic formation. “We are excited to begin the well re-entry on Ernestinovo-3.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) is one of four issuers to be newly included in the LQ45 stock market index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in the rebalancing period from 1 February to 31 July 2024. It is trading at IDR 1315 per share as of closing at 29 January 2024. Source: Kontan.co.id Source: Kontan.co.id

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

However, this investment is contingent on the existing of the company’s existing geothermal concessions in Tuscany beyond the 1-year period that had already been granted. Eight geothermal concessions in Tuscany that are held by Enel were originally due to expire by 2024.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The City Council of Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany has approved an agreement with Vulcan Energy (Vulcan) to begin construction of an integrated geothermal energy generation and lithium extraction plant (G-LEP) at the site of the planned “Am Messegelände Südost” business park.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

PPC Renewables , the renewable energy subsidiary of state energy company, is planning to put up a 250-kW geothermal pilot project in the island of Lesvos in Greece within 2024. It is estimated that by utilizing the energy fields of the region in general, a production unit of 8 MW will be built.

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MAY 10, 2021

German-Australian startup Vulcan Energy Resources says it can deliver carbon-neutral lithium, extracted at geothermal power stations. billion euros ($2 billion) to build up to five geothermal power stations and facilities to extract the lithium. The company plans to invest 1.7

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