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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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HEPCO, Obayashi commence geothermal exploration in Rusutsu, Japan

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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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Successful drilling reported at Kirchweidach geothermal project, Germany

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Drilling for the project started back in January 2023 , initially targeting a depth of 3500 meters. This was reached in May 2023, but well testing indicated that the flowrate of the well did not support commercial operations although the temperature was sufficiently high at 125 °C.

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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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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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WGC2023 in Beijing, China highlights global geothermal growth and potential

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The 7th World Geothermal Congress (WGC2023), hosted by China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) under the theme of “Clean Geothermal, Green Earth,” kicks off at China National Convention Center in Beijing. It is China’s first time hosting the international geothermal event of this kind.

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GEL to produce geothermal lithium from Cornwall, UK projects

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This comes after the result of testing done at the deep geothermal wells at United Downs that indicated lithium concentrations of around 340 ppm in the geothermal fluid, which is one of the highest lithium concentrations found in any commercial geothermal lithium project in Europe. GEL was recently awarded £1.8m

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