ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

ORIX Corporation (ORIX) has announced the start of commercial operations of the Minami-Kayabe Geothermal Power Plant in the Minami-Kayabe region of Hakodate City in Hokkaido, Japan. MW, it is now the largest binary cycle geothermal power plant in Japan. With a capacity of 6.5

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 26, 2024

Bukotermal, a joint venture company owned by the Varazdin County (85%) and the Mali Bukovec municipality (15%), has started the design and permitting phase for a proposed 16-MW geothermal power project in Varazdin County in Croatia. Two new injection wells are also planned to be drilled on this piece of land. kilometers.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 16, 2024

Renewable energy projects have gained significant traction recently due to growing concerns about climate change and the need for sustainable energy sources. These projects include a wide range of initiatives, from solar and wind farms to hydroelectric and geothermal power plants.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Ormat) that sees Ormat finance the construction of, operate, and maintain a 10-MW geothermal power plant in Laudat. Ormat will operate and maintain the power plant for 25 years, after which ownership of the power plant and other assets acquired during the life of the agreement will be transferred to the Government of Dominica.

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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. Electricity from the power plant will be sold to Genesis Energy under a 15-year PPA.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 25, 2024

million) to renewable energy company BLD Power Stations for the Minami Tateishi geothermal power plant located in Beppu City in Oita Prefecture, Japan. This marks the first geothermal power generation project in Japan to receive funding from a Green Loan financial instrument.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 19, 2024

Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) has been awarded the contract to supply steam turbines and generators for the geothermal power plant renovation of Units 1 through 3 at the old 45-MW Olkaria I geothermal power plant of KenGen in Kenya. the chosen EPC contractor for the project.

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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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 1, 2024

MW Dora-5 geothermal power plant in the Kosk district of Aydin, Türkiye. We had previously reported on the start of the permitting process for the Dora-5 geothermal power project. MWe, the power plant is expected to generate 133, 293 MWh of clean electricity per year. At a capacity of 19.8

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 17, 2024

New Zealand utility company Contact Energy is currently reevaluating its plans for a new geothermal power plant in the Wairakei field that sought to replace the aging Wairakei A and B geothermal power stations that had been operating since 1958. The commissioning process for this project has already started.

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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. Jointly developed and constructed by Taipower and state-owned CPC Corp. million kWh of electricity per year. Tseng said that the plant uses only 0.2

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Prešov self-governing region has signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation with developer PW Energy for a geothermal power project in L’ubotice within the Prešov district. If the project proceeds, this will be first geothermal power plant in Slovakia. Source: Trend.sk

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The City Council of Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany has approved an agreement with Vulcan Energy (Vulcan) to begin construction of an integrated geothermal energy generation and lithium extraction plant (G-LEP) at the site of the planned “Am Messegelände Südost” business park.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

KenGen and the Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) have broken ground on the construction of a Tier IV Data Centre as part of the 342-ha Green Energy Park in Olkaria, Naivasha in Kenya. The project will be constructed in four phases from 2025 to 2045.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 8, 2024

Sanko Energy) has announced plans of increasing the capacity of a 10-MW geothermal power plant to 25 MW, as well putting up a new 80-MW geothermal power plant in the Salihili District in Manisa Province, Türkiye. The current plan is to use ORC technology for the new power plants. Sanko Enerji San.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The call for partners was made during the Geothermal Global Partners Conference, an event host by the Government of Dominica in collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) together with the United States Department of State and the United Nations. ” concluded Skerrit.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 2, 2024

With this development, Globeleq is expected to soon issue a notice to proceed to the Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) and their fully owned subsidiary CFAO Kenya Limited, the chosen engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor for the project , for the start of the construction activities.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 29, 2023

Between 2021 and 2022, the global weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of ten newly commissioned geothermal projects fell by 22% to USD 0.056 kWh. This statistic was reported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in their newly published document, “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022.”

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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

AUGUST 30, 2023

New Zealand-based renewable energy company Eastland Generation will be receiving $25 million in long-term lending from the New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF) to fund the construction of connection assets for the new ~50 MW TOPP2 geothermal plant.

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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

MARCH 28, 2024

During the 10th Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC 2023) , recently held in the city of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, the PiensaGeotermia team , in alliance with the New Energy Events team, interviewed Mr. Ken Takagi , president and CEO of Toshiba America, Inc.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 29, 2024

(CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California. This is the first of seven project stages building towards a multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct, the “Lithium Valley Campus.” ” The 1.85-billion-dollar

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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

APRIL 24, 2024

Geothermal developer DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. DEEP) has announced a partnership with Oppy, a grower marketer, and distributor of fresh produce, for a geothermal greenhouse project. This will be developed in conjunction with DEEP’s pioneering geothermal power facility in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 29, 2023

British energy company Star Energy Group , through subsidiary GT Energy Croatia Limited (GTEC), has acquired a 51% controlling stake in Croatian geothermal developer A14 Energy Limited. The Star Energy Group had been previously known as IGas Energy plc following the rebranding announced in mid-2023.

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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

APRIL 11, 2024

The Vogtlandkreis is aspiring to be the first district in the State of Saxony to establish a geothermal power facility somewhere between Bösenbrunn, Schönbrunn, and Planschwitz. Plans for the geothermal project were first announced in July 2023 , with the corresponding contracts awarded after about a month.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 16, 2024

The construction of the 50-kW geothermal pilot plant started in early 2023. The plan was to utilize an existing non-productive gas well, Pg-8, to produce geothermal power. However, constant operation is not possible yet as parts of the system, particularly the turbine, needs to be modified.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 4, 2024

Geothermal developer Swiss Geo Energy (SGE) has been awarded a new surface research permit (PRSU) for the GeoCogen La Broye project in the Payerne-Avenches region in Switzerland. If the geothermal potential is confirmed, one or more hydrothermal geothermal power plants could see the light of day.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Kenyan President William Ruto has signed three deals with Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corporation that will support the growth of both the vehicle manufacturing sector of Kenya and its renewable energy industry. million) on the Menengai geothermal plant. Among the deals signed is an investment of Ksh 75 billion (approx.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 11, 2023

After years of exploration and evaluation, developer Bukotermal now states that the proposed project site in the northern Varazdin County in Croatia can support a 16-MW geothermal power plant. The exploration work of Bukotermal indicates a geothermal resource with temperature of about 142 degrees Celsius at a depth of 2.4

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 13, 2023

UK-based Star Energy Group has deployed a drill rig to the Ernestinovo geothermal license area in the Pannonian Basin in Croatia to re-enter the Ernestinovo-3 well and test the geothermal potential of the fractured metamorphic pre-Cenozoic formation. “We are excited to begin the well re-entry on Ernestinovo-3.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Borinquen I geothermal power project in Costa Rica has now surpassed the 40% mark in construction progress according to an update provided by Project Director Leonardo Solis. We have made progress in drilling wells, internal roads, construction of reinjection lagoons, excavation for the Powerhouse and the waste dumps.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2024

Situated in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in Imperial Valley, the Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power Project aims to provide 50 MW of geothermal power and 25,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide monohydrate by 2025-2026.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Icelandic construction company ISTAK has started work on the new power station building as part of the expansion work at the Svartsengi geothermal power plant in Iceland. ISTAK is also in charge of coordination and safety issues at the work site.

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Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

NYSE: ORA), a leading renewable energy company, today (Sept 19) announced that the Company has signed new contracts with Mercury NZ Limited for the supply and Engineering, Pr. Ormat Technologies, Inc.

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