ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The operators of the Qingshui geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan, have announced that the project has now produced more than 38 million kWh of electricity as of the end of July 2023 since i ts opening in October 2021. With an installed capacity of 4.2 These all pertain to the same project.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Government of Dominica and the Dominica Electricity Services (DOMLEC) has signed an agreement with Ormat Technologies Inc. Ormat) that sees Ormat finance the construction of, operate, and maintain a 10-MW geothermal power plant in Laudat. Ormat also operates the 14.75-MW and its subsidiary.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 17, 2024

KS Orka Renewables Pty Ltd (KS Orka), via subsidiary PT Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power (PT SMGP), has announced the start of commercial operations of the 50-MW Sorik Marapi Unit 4 geothermal power plant in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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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 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

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

JANUARY 23, 2024

A new binary geothermal power plant located in Mori-Machi in Hokkaido, Japan has started commercial operations as of 24 November 2023. The 2-MW MORI Binary Power Plant (MBP) is managed and operated by Mori Binary Power LLC, a joint venture organized by three Japanese companies – Hokkaido Electric Power Co.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Ngawha Geothermal Power Station has become the first geothermal power plant in New Zealand to achieve net carbon zero status. The team at Ngawha has successfully reduced emissions from the power plant equivalent to 128,000 tons of CO2 equivalent to only about 28,000 tons.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

State-owned electricity company Taiwan Power Co. 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. In a statement, Taipower said that the Renze geothermal power plant will generate 4.7

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Unit 1 of the Lumut Balai geothermal power project came online in October 2019. In late 2022, PGEO awarded the EPCC contract for the project to Mitsubishi Corporation Consortium, PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk, and SEPCO III Electric Power Construction Co.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

GreenFire Energy is a corporate member of the National Geothermal Association of the Philippines (NGAP) and recently I presented on the application of Steam and 2-Phase GreenLoop in the Philippines which will be demonstrated by this project with EDC,” said Joseph Scherer, chief executive officer, GreenFire Energy Inc.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 9, 2024

Described as the first hot spring pool in Indonesia that directly utilizes geothermal energy, the Lao-Lao Geopark is a manifestation of PGEO’s initiative of using geothermal “beyond electricity.” Geotourism is a well-established concept, with the Blue Lagoon in Iceland as one of the most prominent examples.

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Global Renewable News

JUNE 26, 2023

Fuji Electric Co., is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract for a supply of geothermal power facility for the Menengai Geothermal Power Station in Kenya by Toyota Tsusho Corpo.

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Global Renewable News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Croatia's northern Varazdin county said on Tuesday that all preconditions exist to build a 16 MW geothermal power plant, citing research by its subsidiary, electricity generation company Bukoterma.

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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. The planned geothermal project has a target capacity of 6.5

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 16, 2024

State-owned Dravske Elektrarne Maribor (DEM) has announced that the geothermal pilot project in Centiba in the Municipality of Lendava, Slovenia has produced its first kWh of electricity. The construction of the 50-kW geothermal pilot plant started in early 2023. Damjan Seme, general manager of DEM.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) has prepared the “Draft Regulation on the Technical Evaluation of Electricity Generation Applications Based on Geothermal Energy” and opened it for public comments. The phrase “Improved geothermal system” has been added to the definitions section of the regulation.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The goal is to make sure that the communities in Dominica get the lowest possible tariff for the electricity to be generated by the power plant. “We Source: Dominica News Online and Nation News The post Dominica seeks funding partners to complete geothermal power project first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

Major milestone for emerging renewable energy sector as developers of UK's first geothermal power plant agree to sell 3MW of baseload power to green energy supplier. Future sites will produce a minimum of 5MW of renewable baseload electricity and 20MW of renewable heat, which would also be available 24/7, the company said.

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Canary Media

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Geothermal power is having a bit of an unexpected moment. After two decades of slow growth, most energy experts wrote the technology off as an unrealistic way to generate large amounts of electricity. This story was first published by Distilled. In an era dominated by incumbent energy sources such as natural gas…

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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. The power plant is now connected to the electricity grid of the Jinshan District in New Taipei City. Fabulous Power Co. In contrast, the 4.2-MW

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 2, 2024

The planned 35-MW geothermal power project will be the first geothermal plant of Globeleq, one of three Independent Power Producers (IPPs) assigned to build power plants to utilize the geothermal resources in Menengai.

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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. Based on an annual per capita electrical energy consumption of 3,142 kWh (TEDA? Sanko Enerji San.

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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 3, 2024

The Hokkaido Electric Power Company (HEPCO) with Obayashi Corporation have announced the start of an exploration campaign for geothermal power generation in the village of Rusutsu in Hokkaido, Japan near the southern foot of Mt. Shiribetsu.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 22, 2024

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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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

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This agreement enables the companies to collaborate to develop geothermal projects with GreenFire Energy’s technology, GreenFire’s GreenLoop (“GreenLoop”) and complete solutions for geothermal power generation. The two companies intend to drive geothermal development and bolster the energy transition in Spain.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

MWe DORA-5 geothermal power plant has started. We had reported previously on the plan of Menderes Geothermal for a geothermal exploration drilling activity related to this project. MWe of electricity using ORC power plant technology. The plant is proposed to be located in the Kö?k

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Land-based alternative energy solutions like solar and geothermal power help slow our greenhouse gas emissions, but on their own, they are insufficient for preventing the worst consequences of climate change. What’s holding us back is a map showing us the way.

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Global Renewable News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Government of Dominica and the Dominica Electricity Services (DOMLEC) have signed an agreement with Ormat Technologies Inc., a US company and its subsidiaries for the development of a 10 MW ge.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Geothermal heat offers a promising source of renewable energy with almost zero emissions, but it remains a relatively expensive option to generate electricity.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has announced a revamped plan to step up electricity generation from geothermal power plants in a strategic move to cushion Kenyans from the effects o.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has announced a revamped plan to step up electricity generation from geothermal power plants in a strategic move to cushion Kenyans from the effects o.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

GA Drilling, ZeroGeo Energy Collaborate on Deep Geothermal Power Project. Geothermal drilling technology company GA Drilling and ZeroGeo Energy GmbH in February announced the companies have a memorandum of The post POWER Digest [April 2024] appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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