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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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Geothermal-powered Mammoth direct air capture facility in Iceland goes online

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Like its predecessor, Mammoth is powered by the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant of ON Power. At the time of its launch in 2021 , Orca was the largest direct air capture and storage and was a first-of-its-kind facility with its industrial-scale application of DAC+S technology.

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Ormat signs PPA for new geothermal power plant in Guadeloupe

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Ormat Technologies Inc. Ormat) has signed a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Electricité de France (EDF) for the development of a new 10-MW geothermal power plant on the Island of Guadeloupe. The only other geothermal power facility in the Island of Guadeloupe is the 15-MW Bouillante geothermal power plant.

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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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GA Drilling and ZeroGeo collaborate for geothermal power project in Germany

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GA Drilling and ZeroGeo Energy GmbH (ZeroGeo) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in developing “ Projekt THERMO ,” a 12-MW Hot Dry Rock geothermal power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany. ZeroGeo has since signed high-impact partnerships with Sage Geosystems and Eden GeoPower.

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Ecotricity strikes landmark deal to secure geothermal power from Cornish plant

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Major milestone for emerging renewable energy sector as developers of UK's first geothermal power plant agree to sell 3MW of baseload power to green energy supplier. Geothermal is a really exciting form of energy that is, as yet untapped in the UK," he said.

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BP and Chevron back geothermal pioneer Eavor Technologies in $40m funding round

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Company hails boost for plans to bring down the cost of clean, dispatchable power to a 'universally competitive level'. Hopes that next generation geothermal energy technologies could unlock low cost, dispatchable, clean power at scale received a boost this week, as Eavor Technologies announced it has completed a $40m funding round.