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Tauhara, NZ geothermal power station targets operations by Q3 2024

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Contact Energy has provided progress updates for the Tauhara geothermal power project in New Zealand, maintaining a target commercial operations date by winter (June to August) 2024. At the earliest, the first synchronization to the system will happen by late April or early May 2024.

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POWER Digest [April 2024]

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GA Drilling, ZeroGeo Energy Collaborate on Deep Geothermal Power Project. Geothermal drilling technology company GA Drilling and ZeroGeo Energy GmbH in February announced the companies have a memorandum of The post POWER Digest [April 2024] appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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GEL starts construction on UK’s first deep geothermal power plant

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Construction has officially started on the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power (UDDGP) project of Geothermal Engineering Ltd. The work on the power plant and lithium extraction plant is expected to be completed by the summer and power generation is planned by the end of 2024. GEL) in Cornwall, UK.

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Minami Tateishi is first geothermal power project in Japan to receive Green Loan

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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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Setting the stage for Taiwan’s geothermal sector at the TIGC 2024

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The 2nd Taiwan International Geothermal Conference was held 20-21 February 2024 at the premises of the Taiwan CPC Corporation in Taipei, Taiwan. The Minister also stated Taiwan’s ambitious goals of building 20 MW of installed geothermal power capacity by 2025 and scaling this up to 200 MW by 2030 and 2 GW by 2040.

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Pertamina breaks ground on Lumut Balai 2 geothermal power plant construction

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The 55-MW expansion of the existing power facility is set to operate by the end of 2024. Unit 1 of the Lumut Balai geothermal power project came online in October 2019. On the international front, PGEO with Masdar Energy is backing the development of the Suswa geothermal site in Kenya.

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Geothermal Energy Summer School – May-June 2024, Turin, Italy

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Applications are now being accepted for a summer school on “ Geothermal energy: resource assessment, plants, and environmental impacts.” Applications will be accepted until 14 April 2024. More details and instructions for application are available in the official website.