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US DOE announces funding for geothermal power in regional grid studies

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) has announced a new funding opportunity under the Geothermal Resources’ Value in Implementing Decarbonization (GRID) program. A total of USD 7 million will be available under this funding.

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ORIX starts operations of Minami-Kayabe geothermal power plant, Japan

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ORIX Corporation (ORIX) has announced the start of commercial operations of the Minami-Kayabe Geothermal Power Plant in the Minami-Kayabe region of Hakodate City in Hokkaido, Japan. MW, it is now the largest binary cycle geothermal power plant in Japan. With a capacity of 6.5

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Webinar – Green hydrogen and geothermal power, 16 November 2023

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Registration is currently open for a webinar in Hydrogen and Geothermal being hosted by the African Union Commission and organized by the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and engage with experts in the field! The full agenda of the webinar will be published soon.

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Registration open for EGEC Geothermal Power event, 21 June 2024 in Brussels

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Registration is now open for “Geothermal Power: The Light Under Your Feet.” ” This is a high-level event being organized by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) that will feature insightful discussions on the future of geothermal electricity, thermal storage, and lithium.

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MORI binary geothermal power plant, Japan starts commercial operations

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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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Mercury breaks ground on 50-MW Nga Tamariki geothermal power plant expansion

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Power company Mercury , along with representatives from Tauhara No. participated in a groundbreaking ceremony to signal the start of construction of the 50-MW geothermal power plant at the Nga Tamariki geothermal power station in New Zealand. 2 Trust , Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa Runanga , and Ormat Technologies Inc.

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Webinar – Flexible geothermal power generation with modular ORC, 17 May 2024

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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.”