ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Kenya’s state-owned electric power generation company KenGen has announced a new tender for “Consultancy services for feasibility study on geothermal power generation brine in KenGen Olkaria Field.” ” The tender is open for international applicants.

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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

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

MAY 13, 2024

As part of the regular Focus on Geothermal Webinar series – a partnership of Enerchange and ThinkGeoEnergy – we are proud to host Hermann Röhm of Orcan Energy AG for a webinar on “Flexible Electricity Generation from Geothermal Heat with Modular ORC-Solutions.”

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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

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

APRIL 16, 2024

A study published by Rete Geotermica in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti highlights the untapped potential of binary geothermal power plant technology in Italy. Moreover, binary power plants allow for the total reinjection of fluids into the subsurface, making them “zero emissions” facilities.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 7, 2024

This investment will go towards the scaling of Zanskar’s AI-led exploration technology to develop new geothermal resources. Zanskar is an AI-native geothermal developer leveraging a suite of new technologies to improve the geothermal discovery and development process.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2023

has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Yoiba Energy to work together to develop geothermal energy projects in Spain. 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.

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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

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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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. Geothermal is a really exciting form of energy that is, as yet untapped in the UK," he said.

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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. What’s holding us back is a map showing us the way.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 19, 2024

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released the “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Next-Generation Geothermal Power” report, highlighting the potential of next-generation geothermal power to transform the U.S. energy landscape. The full report can be accessed via this link.

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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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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 5, 2024

(GreenFire) has announced that it has received approval from KenGen to commence the implementation of the company’s proprietary GreenLoop® technology in a geothermal well in the Olkaria geothermal field in Kenya. GreenFire has developed a versatile, closed-loop Advanced Geothermal System (AGS) called GreenLoop.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Google partnered with clean energy startup Fervo on a new geothermal project in Nevada that will send electricity to the grid that serves two of Google’s data centers. Image: Google A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now up and running in Nevada, where it will help power Google’s data centers with clean energy.

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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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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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Renewable Energy World

MAY 6, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced up to $12 million for technologies that can make geothermal systems more efficient for clean, renewable energy production. GWe of geothermal energy currently installed in the United States. GWe of geothermal energy currently installed in the United States.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Ormat Technologies, Inc. Stillwater Hybrid geothermal and solar – located in Churchill County, Nevada, the triple hybrid power plant consists of a geothermal binary unit, Solar PV plant, and solar thermal plant that sells its clean electricity under a long-term PPA with NV Energy.

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GreenTech Gazette

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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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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

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The tender will be for the drilling of two geothermal wells – a vertical production well (GTZ-1) to a depth of 4000 meters with the possibility of additional 100 meters depth, and a deviated reinjection well (GTZ-2) to a vertical depth of 3400 meters and measured depth of 3992 meters.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) and GreenFire Energy Inc. GreenFire) have announced a collaboration to assess GreenFire’s GreenLoop (“GreenLoop”) technology for implementation broadly in KenGen’s applicable geothermal resources.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 4, 2024

Ormat Technologies Inc. Ormat) has closed the previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of geothermal and solar assets from Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), a subsidiary of Enel SpA (ENEL.MI, LLC). Under the agreement, Ormat paid $271 million for 100% of the equity interest in the portfolio assets.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Ormat Technologies, Inc. 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. We are thrilled to partner with Mercury for the extension of the Ngatamariki Geothermal Power Station. “We

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. Another is the use of geothermal heating to improve food security.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 21, 2023

The capacity building program was organized under the UNIDO global programme “Generating energy capacity from geothermal power generation and its related technologies for sustainable development” (Geothermal Programme) funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for the 2nd unit of the Babadere geothermal power plant being developed by MTN Energy in Canakkale, Türkiye has been restarted. The 1st unit of the Babaldere geothermal power station was completed in 2015 with an installed capacity of 7 MW.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 5, 2024

.” Heber Diez further stated that the geothermal industry in Mexico can sustain and grow by drilling only a fraction of the number of the wells being drilled by the oil industry. Heber Diez went on to say that the investment requirement of geothermal represents a slight fraction of what is spent for the oil industry.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 28, 2024

Takagi highlighted how Toshiba technology plans to support the development of geothermal energy in the regional market of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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