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Ngawha becomes New Zealand’s first zero-carbon geothermal power station

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The Ngawha Geothermal Power Station has become the first geothermal power plant in New Zealand to achieve net carbon zero status. This comes after the efforts of owner Top Energy to embark on the Ngawha Carbon Zero Project, succeeding in the 100% reinjection of non-condensible gases (NCG).

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Taipower inaugurates Renze geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan

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(Taipower) has inaugurated the 840-kW Renze geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan. The power plant is set to begin commercial operations by the end of this year. Taiwan , the Renze geothermal power plant is the first geothermal power plant in Taiwan that has been fully built by state-owned enterprises.

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Arctic Green Energy and Sinopec to go global with joint venture

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Sinopec Green Energy, through its Geothermal Plus approach, uses geothermal as the baseload backbone of multi-clean energy systems. SGE is also expanding fast into geothermal power generation, and advancing their carbon neutrality strategy towards becoming carbon-positive by offering carbon capture solutions.

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Contact to produce food-grade CO2 from Ohaaki geothermal plant, NZ

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Contact Energy (Contact) has developed a way to capture the small amount of naturally occurring carbon dioxide released during geothermal power generation at the Ohaaki geothermal site near Taupo, New Zealand. MW Te Huka Unit 3 geothermal power station. Food grade CO 2 is just the beginning,” adds Mike.

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PLN Indonesia to set benchmark for Tanzania geothermal development

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Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company PT PLN (Persero) has re-established an MOU with Tanzania Electric Supply Co Ltd (Tanesco) with the aim of supporting geothermal development in Tanzania.

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UNIDO holds geothermal training programme for Eastern African countries

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The capacity building program was organized under the UNIDO global programme “Generating energy capacity from geothermal power generation and its related technologies for sustainable development” (Geothermal Programme) funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.

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Obayashi completes 50% acquisition of NZ-based Eastland Generation

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Together, we will leverage our collective strengths to expand our renewable energy portfolio and contribute to New Zealand’s carbon reduction targets.” “We ” Eastland Generation are currently in the process of constructing TOPP2, a 49MW geothermal power station in Kawerau, which is expected to be commissioned in late 2025.