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GEL starts construction on UK’s first deep geothermal power plant

ThinkGeoEnergy

Construction has officially started on the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power (UDDGP) project of Geothermal Engineering Ltd. The work on the power plant and lithium extraction plant is expected to be completed by the summer and power generation is planned by the end of 2024. GEL) in Cornwall, UK.

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Harnessing the heat beneath our feet: Geothermal's past and future

Canary Media

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. In an era dominated by incumbent energy sources such as natural gas

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GreenFire Energy wins tender for AGS study in Taiwan

ThinkGeoEnergy

GreenFire Energy Inc. The tender requested the design of tests, testing of geothermal wells, and retrofit of wells using the GreenLoop technology. CPC is Taiwan’s state-owned petroleum company and is responsible for supplying adequate energy to the domestic market. GreenFire”) has announced that its channel partner, Taiteck Co.,

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Canada’s geothermal energy opportunity

Renewable Energy World

Matthews, Cito Energy Group. Geothermal Energy Potential in Western Canada. There’s a wave of increased interest and investment in geothermal energy as a potentially viable source of renewable power. Geothermal energy is naturally occurring heat that exists within the interior of the Earth.

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Renewables Catching Nuclear Power In Global Energy Race

R-Squared Energy

This article is the fifth in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2019. Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, and global natural gas trends: BP Warns Of An Unsustainable Path. Renewables.

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Geothermal should be at a level playing field in permitting as oil and gas

ThinkGeoEnergy

An excellent piece written by Aidan Mackenzie, Infrastructure Fellow at Institute for Progress, looks at the disparity of permitting requirements between geothermal and oil and gas in the context of the U.S., These CEs have been perpetuated as part of Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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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.