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Despite setback, Unalaska intends to push on with geothermal project

ThinkGeoEnergy

The original developer of the Makushin geothermal power project in city of Unalaska in Alaska has now been removed from the project following the expiry of the PPA that has been signed with the City. However, there is hope yet for the geothermal project as the City seems to have plans of developing it under a different structure.

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ThinkGeoEnergy and Geothermal Association of Kenya partner for KGC 2024

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Association was registered in Kenya by the Registrar of Societies in 2010 to encourage, facilitate, and promote the coordination of activities related to local and worldwide research, development, and application of geothermal resources. It is a non-political, non-governmental, and non-profit organization.

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Interview – Opportunities in the high-potential geothermal market of Switzerland

ThinkGeoEnergy

The main focus is currently on heat and on thermal storage and some projects focus also on geothermal power plants for electricity. Because of higher awareness on the need for renewable energy, geothermal begins to receive more interest within the authorities and the politics – still not enough but the dynamic is positive.

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'Like an Amazon pick-up package service': Inside plans to transform an Icelandic port into a CO2 storage hub for European pollution

Business Green

Iceland's position as one of the world's leading clean tech hubs has been driven by a combination of political choices, supportive policies, and the geological accident that has blessed it with some of the world's most accessible geothermal resources.

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Alok Sharma: 'Climate must be at the heart of everything that we do'

Business Green

Our global political economy, built on fossil fuels for the last century, is in a state of flux. Now people in my country talk about nuclear or fossil as baseload, but geothermal is doing that job in countries like Kenya. The plant I visited, Olkaria, was already producing 1 gigawatt of power. Central banks or investment banks.

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The Fight to Define ‘Green Hydrogen’ Could Determine America’s Emissions Future

DeSmogBlog

But the hydrogen industry, oil companies like Chevron and BP that are investing in the technology, and even a few renewable energy groups argued otherwise. They would shut down investment in the industry, “effectively making it dead on arrival.” The stakes are extremely high.”

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Interview – Taiwan at a critical juncture in geothermal development

ThinkGeoEnergy

In recent years, Taiwan has slowly but resolutely built a modest geothermal power sector. At this critical juncture of Taiwan’s geothermal journey, the country will once again be hosting the Taiwan International Geothermal Conference in Taipei on February 20-21, 2024.