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Construction starts on Waita No. 2 geothermal power plant, Kumamoto, Japan

ThinkGeoEnergy

Japanese geothermal power developer and operator Furusato Thermal Power has announced the start of the construction for the 4995-kW Waita No.2 2 Geothermal Power Plant in the town of Oguni in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. 1 geothermal power plant which started operations in 2015.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — November 2022

Greentown Labs

Department of Energy to extract nickel and magnesium from mining waste. Fervo Energy announced a 20 MW power purchase agreement to provide 24/7, carbon-free geothermal power to a group of nine California-based community choice aggregators. seed round. Phoenix Tailings received $1.2M from the U.S.

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Geothermal drilling in Haute Sorne, Switzerland to begin by May 2024

ThinkGeoEnergy

The 5-MW Haute-Sorne geothermal power project is being executed by Geo-Energie Jura, a public limited company with shareholds Geo-Energie Suisse , EBL (Genossenschaft Elektra Baselland), EWB (Energie Wasser Bern) and EWZ (Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich). The project will supply clean power to around 6000 households.

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Borinquen geothermal project in Costa Rica surpasses 40% completion

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Borinquen I geothermal power project in Costa Rica has now surpassed the 40% mark in construction progress according to an update provided by Project Director Leonardo Solis. We have made progress in drilling wells, internal roads, construction of reinjection lagoons, excavation for the Powerhouse and the waste dumps.

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EDC selects turbine for 29-MW geothermal expansion project in the Philippines

Renewable Energy World

EDC, a vertically integrated geothermal company signed a contract with Turboden to supply a new class binary power generation system to recover heat from a brine flow downstream of an existing flash plant. We are very proud of this new project with a leading clean energy developer such as EDC.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

This is inherently wasteful and it comes with a price tag of emissions. This presents a massive decarbonization opportunity, one reason why geothermal heating and cooling is growing and will continue to grow rapidly. As one example, we are working on developing green hydrogen or green ammonia using geothermal-powered electrolyzers.

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? Green linings & lessons from breakthroughs #159

Climate Tech VC

Climate tech companies that attracted substantial funding for their innovations in 2021 and 2022 are now reaching important proof points on the journey to commercial scale. Fervo is firming up the clean energy equation with geothermal power generation to support wind and solar on a decarbonized grid. Happy Monday!