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Cindrigo acquires three geothermal projects in Upper Rhine Graben, Germany

ThinkGeoEnergy

Germany has one of the world’s most advanced and lucrative geothermal markets, characterised by strong political support, well developed legal structure, high power prices and robust demand for heat.

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Interview – Opportunities in the high-potential geothermal market of Switzerland

ThinkGeoEnergy

The main focus is currently on heat and on thermal storage and some projects focus also on geothermal power plants for electricity. Because of higher awareness on the need for renewable energy, geothermal begins to receive more interest within the authorities and the politics – still not enough but the dynamic is positive.

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'Like an Amazon pick-up package service': Inside plans to transform an Icelandic port into a CO2 storage hub for European pollution

Business Green

Iceland's position as one of the world's leading clean tech hubs has been driven by a combination of political choices, supportive policies, and the geological accident that has blessed it with some of the world's most accessible geothermal resources.

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Event - New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources

Green Market Oracle

the world, there are many power plants still use fossil fuels to boil water for steam. Geothermal power plants, using the steam, produced from reservoirs of hot water found a couple of miles or more below the Earth's surface. The steam rotates a turbine, than the turbine activates a generator, which produces electricity.in

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The Fight to Define ‘Green Hydrogen’ Could Determine America’s Emissions Future

DeSmogBlog

First, producers must contract with new renewable energy resources like wind and solar farms or geothermal power plants, ensuring that enough new clean electricity comes onto the grid to cover the hydrogen plant’s demand. It will be up to the Treasury to parse these differences.

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

GreenTechMedia

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. highlighted them in a Sunday summary of the legislation's contents. Solar tax credit impacts.

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