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APRIL 3, 2024

Applications are now being accepted for a summer school on “ Geothermal energy: resource assessment, plants, and environmental impacts.” Applications will be accepted until 14 April 2024. More details and instructions for application are available in the official website.

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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. The current plan is to use ORC technology for the new power plants. Sanko Enerji San.

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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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MARCH 18, 2024

We also visited the Academia de Ginastica de Guimaraes, which inspired participants to reflect on different ways to integrate renewable energy and building designs to design net-zero buildings. Finally, we visited the Pico Vermelho geothermal power plant.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH (Vulcan Energy) has been awarded as the recipient of the prestigious Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2024. The LEOP, inaugurated in November 2023, is located at the site of the Landau geothermal power plant in Germany.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Geothermal developer Swiss Geo Energy (SGE) has been awarded a new surface research permit (PRSU) for the GeoCogen La Broye project in the Payerne-Avenches region in Switzerland. If the geothermal potential is confirmed, one or more hydrothermal geothermal power plants could see the light of day.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

GreenFire Energy Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Yoiba Energy to work together to develop geothermal energy projects in Spain. The two companies intend to drive geothermal development and bolster the energy transition in Spain.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Earlier this year, PPC Renewables announced plans of developing a 250-kW pilot geothermal project in the island of Lesvos, with the potential to expand to an 8-MW geothermal power station. PPC Renewables is the renewable energy subsidiary of the state energy company, Public Power Corporation (PPC).

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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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AUGUST 5, 2020

Cornwall is set to become home to Europe's first geothermal lithium recovery pilot plant, with government funding announced this week set to support a project that combines lithium extraction from geothermal waters deep below the surface of the county with geothermal energy generation. Around £14.3m

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AUGUST 29, 2023

British energy company Star Energy Group , through subsidiary GT Energy Croatia Limited (GTEC), has acquired a 51% controlling stake in Croatian geothermal developer A14 Energy Limited. The Star Energy Group had been previously known as IGas Energy plc following the rebranding announced in mid-2023.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

With its geothermal, wind, and solar energy investments, Zorlu Enerji is the most important supporter of Türkiye’s goal of increasing the share of renewable energy sources in electricity generation to 30%. Zorlu Enerji has an installed capacity of 239.5 Zorlu Enerji has an installed capacity of 239.5

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The City Council of Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany has approved an agreement with Vulcan Energy (Vulcan) to begin construction of an integrated geothermal energy generation and lithium extraction plant (G-LEP) at the site of the planned “Am Messegelände Südost” business park.

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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 Dora-5 geothermal plant in Aydin, Türkiye first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Arctic Green Energy and Sinopec have announced that their joint venture, Sinopec Green Energy (SGE), is going global. The cooperation agreement was signed by Sigurdur Atli Jonsson, CEO of Arctic Green Energy, and Liu Shiliang, President of Sinopec Star, on behalf of the.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Several research institutions and technology companies are working on ways to safely and economically harness these resources, which has the potential to accelerate the growth of geothermal energy capacity in the coming years. Both report on research showing that superhot geothermal “can be viable,” he says.

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APRIL 16, 2024

The construction of the 50-kW geothermal pilot plant started in early 2023. The plan was to utilize an existing non-productive gas well, Pg-8, to produce geothermal power. However, constant operation is not possible yet as parts of the system, particularly the turbine, needs to be modified.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Exergy International (Exergy) has signed a contract for the supply of an 8-MW geothermal binary power plant to Emirler Enerji Elektrik Uretim A.S. for the Emirler 1 Unit 2 geothermal power plant in Saraykoy in the Denizli region of Türkiye. “We

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Luca Xodo holds a master’s in Energy Engineering (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) and one in Business Administration in the Energy Industry (Scuola Mattei, Eni Corporate University). Vice chairs of ETIP-Geothermal for 2024-2026 are: Christofer Friberg, MontLibre Group, Founder & CEO Alicja Wiktoria Stok?

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APRIL 11, 2024

The Vogtlandkreis is aspiring to be the first district in the State of Saxony to establish a geothermal power facility somewhere between Bösenbrunn, Schönbrunn, and Planschwitz. Plans for the geothermal project were first announced in July 2023 , with the corresponding contracts awarded after about a month.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Beijing, China, will be hosting one of the most significant events in the geothermal community, the World Geothermal Congress 2023 (WGC 2023), between 15-17 September. Scaling formed at pipelines, valves, pumps, and pressurized tanks causes energy loss, resulting in extra downtime and maintenance costs.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Department of Energy for a feasibility study on the exploitation of geothermal energy for heating in the city of Bucharest in Romania. The agreement was signed by ELCEN General Director Claudiu Cretu in the presence of Romanian Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

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MAY 10, 2021

The European Commission estimates that Europe will need to increase its supply of lithium by a factor of 18 by 2030, and by a factor of 60 by 2050. To date, Europe has been importing the bulk of its lithium from the “lithium triangle” in South America, and from Australia. The company plans to invest 1.7

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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. Conversely, using this energy for heating can contribute up to 25% of the current heating consumption. It has since slipped to the 8th position.

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MARCH 8, 2024

“As an Italian-born geologist, it is a dream project to study the geological processes behind Italy’s geothermal fluids and to then create specific conceptual models for our different reservoirs and systems. .”

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JANUARY 8, 2024

We evaluated our existing database of power plants, compared it with numbers released from operators, national authorities, international reporting and more. The total installed geothermal power generation capacity at year-end 2023 stood at 16,335 MW, an increase of 208 MW. MW, excluding 101.9

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

UK-based Star Energy Group has deployed a drill rig to the Ernestinovo geothermal license area in the Pannonian Basin in Croatia to re-enter the Ernestinovo-3 well and test the geothermal potential of the fractured metamorphic pre-Cenozoic formation. “We are excited to begin the well re-entry on Ernestinovo-3.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

one of Goktekin Energy companies, is planning a geothermal resource exploration project with drilling in the Sandikli and Kiziloren districts of the Afyonkarahisar Province in Türkiye. Goktekin Energy is an engineering company established in 2015 to provide EPC services in the field of sustainable energy.

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APRIL 29, 2024

The Government of Hungary, thru the Ministry of Energy, has recently published a National Geothermal Strategy that outlines a path for the greater utilization of geothermal energy while setting out the framework for the use of state resources to support the agenda. GWt, more than 99% of which is used as thermal energy.

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APRIL 25, 2024

With preparations of the drilling site close to completion, the exploration drilling campaign for the planned geothermal project of Geo-Energie Jura in Haute-Sorne in the canton of Jura, Switzerland is set to begin by the 21st of May 2024. The project will supply clean power to around 6000 households.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

One of the biggest stories and most widely supported initiatives coming out of the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (CO28) in Dubai, UAE is the pledge to triple the world’s installed renewable energy capacity by 2030 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5%

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JANUARY 22, 2024

In the coming years, the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) project in the Krafla geothermal field in Iceland aims to drill into a shallow magma chamber. This will serve as both a research facility and a demonstration facility for producing geothermal energy close to a magma body.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Vulcan Energy is set to open their Lithium Extraction Optimization Plant (LEOP) in Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The facility aims to up the scale of lithium extraction from geothermal water from their current laboratory-scale operations. The LEOP is located right at the Landau geothermal power plant.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From Geneva to Thurgau and the Molasse basins in between, Switzerland is starting to embrace greater exploration of its geothermal depths. Set to overhaul its energy supply system, a commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was accepted by the Swiss Conseil General in 2019 1.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The 7th Turkish Geothermal Congress, organized annually by the Geothermal Power Plant Investors Association ( JESDER ), will be held on 21-22 February 2024 at the Grand Ankara Hotel & Convention Center in Ankara, Türkiye. The program of GT 2024 Türkiye Geothermal Congress has been published and can be accessed via this link.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The importance of Iceland to the global geothermal sector is reason enough for the 5th Iceland Geothermal Conference (IGC 2024) to be one of the most important industry events this year. The Iceland Geothermal Conference will be held on 28-30 May, 2024 at the Harpa in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Cindrigo started the development of Croatian geothermal projects following the acquisition of share capital of Energy Co-invest Global Corp. Within the same year, Dravacel was able to secure the location permit for drilling in the Slatina-3 site as part of developing a 20-MW geothermal power plant. back in 2022.

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