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Colombia awards first-ever geothermal power project license

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Colombia has awarded the first-ever license for a geothermal power project in the country to Canada-based company Parex Resources (Parex). According to official documents, the planned power generation capacity for the project will be between 15 to 60 kW, with the possibility of increasing up to 120 kW.

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Ecopetrol to proceed with drilling for Caldas geothermal project, Colombia

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Colombian state-owned petroleum company Ecopetrol has announced that it will now invest on drilling for the planned geothermal power generation project in Caldas, Colombia. The plan for the first phase of the project is to develop a 30-MW geothermal power plant.

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Revolutionizing Geothermal Energy: Interview with Toshiba America, Inc.

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During the 10th Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC 2023) , recently held in the city of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, the PiensaGeotermia team , in alliance with the New Energy Events team, interviewed Mr. Ken Takagi , president and CEO of Toshiba America, Inc.

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German firms plan to exploit massive lithium deposits beneath the Rhine

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To date, Europe has been importing the bulk of its lithium from the “lithium triangle” in South America, and from Australia. German-Australian startup Vulcan Energy Resources says it can deliver carbon-neutral lithium, extracted at geothermal power stations. The company plans to invest 1.7

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Colombia to launch first round of geothermal auction this year

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Orlando Velandia Sepúlveda, President of Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos/ANH), has announced that Colombia will conduct its first round of auctions for geothermal energy projects by the second semester of 2024. he added. “We Source: Yahoo!

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The COP28 pledge to triple up by 2030 and implications for geothermal

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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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Lilac Solutions to use novel technology to extract lithium from the Salton Sea

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Beneath California’s Salton Sea lies a vast pool of super-heated fluid that’s long been exploited as a source of geothermal power. Lilac has partnered with the Australian firm Controlled Thermal Resources to develop a geothermal power plant and lithium-extraction facility at the Salton Sea.

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