ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Zimbabwe has announced plans of constructing a 10-MW geothermal power plant at the Chimbwawata Hot Springs in the Binga district. Zimbabwe currently has no installed geothermal power plants, despite having 32 potential geothermal sites as identified previously by the Ministry of Energy and Power Development.

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This has covered the drilling and testing of the wells , and the design and development of the power plant. As Dr. Vince Henderson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade, and Energy, pointed out, all that remains is the construction of the power plant. ” concluded Skerrit.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 29, 2023

.” Global LCOE from newly commissioned, utility-scale renewable power technologies, 2021-2022 (source: IRENA) In the case of geothermal, decreased installed costs and the constantly high capacity factor were the driving factors for a more competitive LCOE 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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Global Renewable News

MARCH 25, 2024

It was spades in the ground this morning as representatives from Tauhara North No.2 2 Trust, Ngati Tahu Ngati Whaoa and our delivery partner Ormat Technologies, Inc. joined our team to bless and celebra.

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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

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

APRIL 24, 2024

(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. The greenhouse will be designed to harness geothermal energy and CO2.

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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

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

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

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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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 23, 2020

As with all Pluspuu projects, the geothermal-powered log house is built primarily from timber and boasts a relatively small carbon footprint. The home is also heated with geothermal heat distributed via underfloor heating. Stunning House on the Rocks uses geothermal power. Pluspuu Images via Samuli Miettinen.

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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 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. Ordinance No 30 (Series of 2021) applies to “all power generation, transmission and distribution projects” in the province.

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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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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 26, 2024

The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) offers a stable and transparent support scheme for electricity generation using geothermal resources with a feed-in tariff for geothermal power of 25 euro cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), during a 20-year term.

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Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Ormat Technologies, Inc. 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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The first geothermal power plant in Menengai officially started supplying power to the grid in August 2023. Construction is expected to start soon for the second power plant following the financial close of the project. Source: Republic of Kenya and Kenyans.co.ke

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Construction has begun on a pioneering new plant that will directly capture carbon dioxide from the air and store it in subterranean wells deep in Icelandic basalt, Climeworks, the pioneering firm behind the project, announced today.

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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

MARCH 28, 2024

See the full interview at this link: New Energy Events In terms of Toshiba’s technology offering, Mr Takagi particularly highlighted the innovative ‘Geoportable ’ , a small-scale geothermal power generation plant that showcases Toshiba’s cutting-edge technology.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 31, 2024

The education center has been completed after two years of construction and investment of nearly 30 million yuan (approx. The Geothermal Education Center is divided into a geothermal exploration exhibition hall and a generator control room. million) from private entities.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Government of Dominica will continue to provide financial support to the ongoing development of the geothermal project in Roseau Valley for the upcoming fiscal year. This support will now shift focus on two major milestones – the construction of the geothermal power plant, and building a new high-capacity transmission network.

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