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GDC launches 5-year plan for geothermal development in Kenya

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Strategic Plan was officially launched in a special event with GDC’s Board of Directors and top officials in attendance, as well as the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Hon. In our proposed Integrated National Energy Plan (INEP), geothermal’s centrality is well-defined. Davis Chirchir.

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Unlocking Geothermal Energy: Overcoming the Obstacles

EDF + Business

Karine Kleinhaus and Andrew Howell, CFA Oil and gas companies, federal agencies, and ambitious start-ups are coming together around innovation in geothermal energy that could give it a foundational role in the emerging clean power grid. Department of Energy estimates that EGS could help propel geothermal from its 0.4%

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Cornish mining firm finds 'globally significant' lithium grades beneath county

Business Green

Cornwall could emerge as a key region for the UK's growing green economy, after mining firm Cornish Lithium Ltd claimed to have found "globally significant" grades of lithium, a key component in battery technology for electric vehicles and energy storage systems, in the county.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

As part of the wider renewable energy sector, geothermal has set ambitious targets for scaling up by the end the decade. One of the most important things we can do is decarbonize heating, and our Celsius Energy startup speaks directly to that. Celsius Energy installation at SLB’s Riboud Product Center in Clamart, France.

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Are California’s Renewable Generators at Risk From Preventative Blackouts?

GreenTechMedia

Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy has already threatened the credit ratings of some of the solar and wind farms, cogeneration plants, and other independent power generators that rely on the utility to buy their electricity through power purchase agreements. For example, a geothermal power plant in Geyserville, Calif.,

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

GreenTechMedia

These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 Summaries of the energy provisions included in the bill were provided by the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York), and Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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