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Construction starts on Waita No. 2 geothermal power plant, Kumamoto, Japan

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Japanese geothermal power developer and operator Furusato Thermal Power has announced the start of the construction for the 4995-kW Waita No.2 2 Geothermal Power Plant in the town of Oguni in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. 1 geothermal power plant which started operations in 2015.

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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.”

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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

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The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recently celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the Tongonan geothermal power plant in the Leyte geothermal field of the Philippines. After several years of intensive exploration and development work, the Tongonan-1 geothermal power plant was inaugurated on July 02, 1983.

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Pertamina harnessing innovative technologies to optimize geothermal operations

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PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) continues to explore the use off innovative breakthrough technologies to further optimize their geothermal operations in Indonesia. All these efforts are part of the state-owned developer’s commitment of advancing the local geothermal industry.

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Orcan Energy establishes production unit in Kiel, Germany

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ORC technology company Orcan Energy has expanded its production capacities by setting up its production unit in Kiel, Germany. Building upon its strong growth in recent years, Orcan Energy is undertaking this expansion to meet the growing global demand for modular solutions for waste heat recovery.

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Geothermal drilling in Haute Sorne, Switzerland to begin by May 2024

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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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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. This is inherently wasteful and it comes with a price tag of emissions.