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The Race Is On for Commercial Deployment of Solar in Open Seas

GreenTechMedia

In the space of just a few days, two separate projects have brought the promise of offshore floating solar a step closer to commercial reality. Fred Olsen has “great plans” for commercialization, he said, and offers the opportunity to deploy offshore floating solar at the sort of scale needed to make it competitive.

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AutoGrid Responds Across the Globe to a Summer Like No Other

AutoGrid

This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. These climate change linked trends are highlighting the growing need for distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) that can manage the grid intelligently while quickly responding to the real-time needs of grid operators.

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Seoul, South Korea aiming for 1 GW geothermal development

ThinkGeoEnergy

The City of Seoul in South Korea has created a “Comprehensive Plan for Promotion and Activation of Geothermal Energy” that aims to grow its current installed geothermal heating and cooling capacity of 278 MWth to 1 GW by 2030. of the city’s renewable energy mix. of the city’s renewable energy mix.

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Bangkok deploys a fleet of 27 electric passenger ferries

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Energy Absolute is a major Thai electric utility that’s branching out into e-mobility. Now Energy Absolute has announced plans to deploy a fleet of 27 electric catamarans, which will operate as passenger ferries on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Source: Danfoss Editron’s.

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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

ThinkGeoEnergy

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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Interview – Singapore, Asia’s newest emerging geothermal market

ThinkGeoEnergy

Many people are already familiar with Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and China as some of the leaders of geothermal development in Asia. In September 2023, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) called for proposals for a nationwide non-invasive survey in Singapore , signaling increased interest in geothermal exploration.

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WGC2023 in Beijing, China highlights global geothermal growth and potential

ThinkGeoEnergy

In 2022, 1,476 PJ (410 TWh) of geothermal energy has been used globally, a 44% increase from 2020, among them, the geothermal heating and cooling of buildings accounted for about 79% of the total. Sinopec is expected to exceed 100 million square meters of geothermal heating capacity by the end of 2023.