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ORIX starts operations of Minami-Kayabe geothermal power plant, Japan

ThinkGeoEnergy

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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The COP28 pledge to triple up by 2030 and implications for geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

Beyond the 16 GW of installed geothermal power capacity as of the end of 2022, there is currently also about 173 GW of installed geothermal heating capacity according to a recent “Facts for Future” webinar episode by the International Geothermal Association (IGA).

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IGA launches “Facts for Future” series to shape the future of geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

The recording of the first webinar “ Navigating Geothermal Data on the Road to COP28,” can be accessed via this link. For geothermal this means, tripling the installed geothermal power generation capacity of 16 GW to 48 GW by the end of 2030.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer. Electricity.

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ESMAP highlights benefits, enabling environment for geothermal direct use

ThinkGeoEnergy

A large portion of the installed capacity is accounted for by space heating and cooling (75%) followed by bathing and swimming (18%), with other applications accounting for the rest (7%). The report categorizes GDU by sector: space heating and cooling, agriculture and agro-industry, industrial uses, and bathing and recreation.

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News roundup – State funding spurs multiple geothermal projects in Colorado

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Benjamin Burke, Chief Executive Officer, Gradient Geothermal. “We Pierce can be a world-class ‘geothermal garden’ where both heat and electricity from geothermal power benefit the entire town and provide jobs for a workforce familiar with oil and gas.” Our technologies are field-tested and commercial ready.

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Interview – Dr. Juliet Newson on geothermal education and practical experience

ThinkGeoEnergy

Geothermal energy is available from the earth beneath our feet, anywhere in the world. The intensity varies, but at the most it can generate electricity, and at a minimum it can contribute a significant amount of energy to warm and/or cool our homes. What is next for geothermal? I’m not particularly well-organized either.