ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 17, 2024

KS Orka Renewables Pty Ltd (KS Orka), via subsidiary PT Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power (PT SMGP), has announced the start of commercial operations of the 50-MW Sorik Marapi Unit 4 geothermal power plant in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Ngawha Geothermal Power Station has become the first geothermal power plant in New Zealand to achieve net carbon zero status. The team at Ngawha has successfully reduced emissions from the power plant equivalent to 128,000 tons of CO2 equivalent to only about 28,000 tons.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 28, 2024

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. Through recent year, Contact Energy has provided several updates on the construction of the Tauhara geothermal power plant.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 23, 2024

A new binary geothermal power plant located in Mori-Machi in Hokkaido, Japan has started commercial operations as of 24 November 2023. The 2-MW MORI Binary Power Plant (MBP) is managed and operated by Mori Binary Power LLC, a joint venture organized by three Japanese companies – Hokkaido Electric Power Co.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 22, 2024

Power company Mercury , along with representatives from Tauhara No. participated in a groundbreaking ceremony to signal the start of construction of the 50-MW geothermal power plant at the Nga Tamariki geothermal power station in New Zealand. 2 Trust , Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa Runanga , and Ormat Technologies Inc.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

(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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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The country is considered “outperforming” in the geothermal sector with one of the world’s highest installed capacity and is expected to have substantial growth.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 9, 2024

Ahmad also stated that PGEO was already supplying renewable heat for potato farming in Garut and Kamojang, two areas where PT PGE’s geothermal power plant operates. The success of the Blue Lagoon has been emulated by Olkaria in Kenya , and is the blueprint for a geothermal spa being planned in Menengai.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Unalaska is located along the sea lanes of the great circle route connecting North America to Asia. As a result, its Bering Sea location is home to the International Port of Dutch Harbor, recognized also as the top US fishing port in the US.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The two sites are the Buguias-Tinoc Geothermal Power Project with a potential 100-MW capacity, and the Mt. Sembrano Geothermal Power Project with a potential 20-MW capacity. A third site, the 40-MW Mabini Geothermal Power Project, received no bids.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A renewable energy subsidiary of the Philippine conglomerate Lopez Group has contracted for the deployment of battery energy storage system (BESS) resources at three geothermal sites.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Editor’s note: The Sihuangziping geothermal power project is also referred to in other sources as the Liuhuangziping geothermal power project. A groundbreaking ceremony for the 4-MW Sihuangziping geothermal power plant Jinshan, New Taipei City in Taiwan was held on the 20th of November 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Editor’s note: The Sihuangziping geothermal power project is also referred to in other sources as the Liuhangziping geothermal power project. There are also plans to proceed with the construction of a second geothermal power plant to bring the installed capacity in Sihuangziping up to 40 MW.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 3, 2024

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 23, 2023

PT Archi Indonesia (ARCI), one of the largest pure-play gold produces in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, is currently in the process of evaluating the viability of diversifying into the renewable energy market thru a joint venture with PT Ormat Geothermal Indonesia. The decision to establish a geothermal subsidiary is currently pending.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The impressive track record includes nearly 1000 geothermal wells and coverage is fast approaching 100 million sqm. Sinopec Green Energy, through its Geothermal Plus approach, uses geothermal as the baseload backbone of multi-clean energy systems.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recently celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the Palinpinon-1 geothermal power facility located in the island of Negros in the Philippines.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Adelaide-based oil and gas company Whitebark Energy Ltd (Whitebark) has announced that the Company’s application for an Exploration for Geothermal Energy (EPG) permit has been accepted for an area consisting of 190 sub-blocks in the Greater Brisbane and Gold Coast Region in South-East Queensland, Australia.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a grant agreement with the Philippines’ Energy Development Corporation (EDC) for a feasibility study and pilot project to increase geothermal power production in EDC’s geothermal fields using technology from California-based company GreenFire Energy (GFE). Ebong, USTDA’s Director.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 31, 2024

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 18, 2024

We are excited by the opportunity to apply our innovative technologies, including Advanced Geothermal Systems in this collaboration with EE1 to advance Australia’s progression to a Net Zero future,” added Graham Gillies, Vice President of Baker Hughes – Asia Pacific.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) have confirmed that PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) is preparing for the acquisition of the Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power Plant, located in Mandailing Natal Regency in North Sumatra. “PGEO sees that there is potential to develop a business there.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

(Ormat) has signed a supply and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Mercury NZ Limited for the planned 56-MW geothermal power plant at Ngatamariki, New Zealand. Mercury had just recently announced plans of adding a fifth generating unit at the Ngatamariki geothermal power station.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Registration is currently open for a webinar to be hosted by the Australian Geothermal Association on “ Lemont GeoLithium, a Tasmanian geothermal power plus lithium-in-brine project.” ” Attendance is free for all.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 21, 2023

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It is implementing the government’s energy transition policy and actively promoting geothermal power generation. CPC has extensive exploration and drilling technologies and services that can be applied to geothermal energy development. GreenFire Energy is honored to be working with CPC Corporation, Taiwan and Taiteck Co.,

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The IGA is continuing the webinar series with two upcoming sessions: Geothermal Heating & Cooling: A Deep Dive with Adele Manzella (22nd November 2023 14:00 UTC) Luis Gutierrez-Negrin Explores Geothermal Power Generation (24th November 2023 16:00 UTC) More details and registration for the two sessions can be done via this link.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Geothermal Education Center is divided into a geothermal exploration exhibition hall and a generator control room. The generator room display area recounts the history of geothermal power generation, processes and equipment, the benefits of geothermal, and Taiwan’s geothermal resources.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“The achievement of financial close of the Kiangan Project is a significant milestone for RENOVA’s expansion outside Japan and is a substantial step towards RENOVA’s realization of efforts to achieve low cost, efficient renewable power generation throughout Asia. said Yosuke Kiminami, founding chief executive officer of RENOVA.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Mayor Rao believes that through the cooperation between the central and local governments, geothermal power generation in Taitung County will be developed towards making it the first green city with self-sufficient renewable energy.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Geothermal developer Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has submitted bids for two geothermal sites following the Open and Competitive Selection Process (OSCP4) by the Philippine Department of Energy which concluded on 28 September 2023. Sembrano (20 MW) geothermal power projects.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

WGC2023 has released two reports, Report on the Progress of Global Geothermal Power Generation , and Geothermal Heating and Cooling Production, 2023 Worldwide Review , showing the current achievements in global geothermal development: 31 countries now have geothermal power plants in operation; the total global installed capacity of geothermal power (..)

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 12, 2024

PT Medco Cahaya Geothermal (PT Medco) has been selected as one of the firms to be granted loans by the U.S. MW geothermal power project in East Java, Indonesia. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). More specifically, PT Medco will receive a $126 million loan to finance the development of a 31.4-MW

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