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UPNA team produces geothermal power in Antarctica with thermoelectric tech

ThinkGeoEnergy

This marks the first time that geothermal heat has been used to generate uninterrupted power in Antarctica, which was the used to power equipment for real-time geological and volcanic monitoring. Heat from the Earth warms one side of the module and cold air from Antarctica cools the other.

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Sihuangziping geothermal project in Taiwan breaks ground on 4-MW expansion

ThinkGeoEnergy

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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What Is the Latest Technology Being Used in Geothermal Energy?

GreenTech Gazette

The latest technology being used in geothermal energy is Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). EGS involves creating man-made geothermal reservoirs in areas where natural ones do not exist by injecting water into hot, dry rock to create steam, which can be used to generate electricity.

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Baseload Capital and ThinkGeoEnergy announce partnership on geothermal news sharing

ThinkGeoEnergy

About Baseload Capital Baseload Capital is a specialized investment entity that leads partnerships to scale up geothermal power deployment worldwide. Geothermal power comes from the Earth’s inner core and provides a fossil-free, stable, 24/7 available baseload for electricity and heating and cooling.

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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

ThinkGeoEnergy

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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US DOE announces $60M funding for three EGS projects

ThinkGeoEnergy

Fervo Energy — This pilot within the Milford Renewable Energy Corridor in Utah and adjacent to the DOE’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) field laboratory aims to produce at least 8 megawatts of power from each of three wells at a site with no existing commercial geothermal power production.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

As part of the wider renewable energy sector, geothermal has set ambitious targets for scaling up by the end the decade. There is wide recognition that this will take monumental effort in terms of technology advancement, financing, and policy. In the state of Nevada in the USA, we have solar plants beside our geothermal plants.