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Unalaska is located along the sea lanes of the great circle route connecting North America to Asia. As a result, its Bering Sea location is home to the International Port of Dutch Harbor, recognized also as the top US fishing port in the US.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Colorado-based Gradient Geothermal (Gradient) has announced that it will provide geothermal power generation and fluid cooling services to Chord Energy , an independent North American oil and gas exploration and production entity.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

geothermal power project co-developed with Fervo Energy in northern Nevada in the US has officially started supplying power to the local grid. The geothermal power facility in Nevada is the full-scale EGS pilot of Fervo Energy. Google has announced that the 3.5

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Colorado-based Gradient Geothermal is overcoming these barriers with a novel yet reasonably practical approach – producing geothermal power from produced fluids of existing wells in oil and gas fields. “In either case, we generate power, but we can really flexibly meet the goals of our clients,” said Burke.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Sources: Email correspondence The post Solicitation – Novel approaches to geothermal power for US Air Force, Army, Navy first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News. This was further expanded in mid-2024 with contracts with Fervo Energy, Sage Geosystems, and GreenFire Energy.

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APRIL 15, 2025

Geothermal developer Fervo Energy has announced a new 31 MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Shell Energy North America. The deal marks another significant step forward for geothermal energy in the U.S., This agreement supports our goal of helping customers decarbonize with firm renewable power.

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APRIL 15, 2025

A new study by Daniel Dichter of Quaise Energy provides some valuable insight on the design of a binary geothermal power plant to produce electricity from superhot geothermal systems.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

. “ The projects innovative engineering design and integrated asset development model brings together developers, technology providers and infrastructure partners to open new frontiers for geothermal power generation in Canada and beyond.”

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AUGUST 21, 2024

The Cascade Institute , a research centre at Royal Roads University, has published a roadmap towards the deployment of ultradeep geothermal power technologies for commercial operations in Canada. The “Ultradeep Geothermal Research and Action Roadmap” can be accessed and downloaded here.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

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APRIL 15, 2025

While Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) currently remains the only operational geothermal power plant in the state, producing up to 38 MW on Hawaii Island, other regions are being evaluated for new development opportunities.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Ormat Technologies has closed the previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of geothermal and solar assets from Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), a subsidiary of Enel SpA.

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JUNE 13, 2025

Project InnerSpace , in collaboration with New Mexico Tech and the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources , has published “The Future of Geothermal in New Mexico” report, highlighting the state’s potential to produce up to 163 GW of geothermal power.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Department of Energy (US DOE) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) have published a Request for Information (RFI) to evaluate novel approaches to superhot enhanced geothermal power for generating electricity and other uses. Section 4: Other I.

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JUNE 13, 2024

Google has entered into an agreement with Nevada electric utility company and Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiary NV Energy to increase the supply of geothermal power to its data center operations from 3.5 As part of this agreement, NV Energy is working with geothermal developer Fervo Energy for the geothermal power supply. “NV

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JUNE 3, 2025

Houston, Texas-based Renascent Energy , announced having successfully completed a geothermal flow test in the Eagle Ford shale formation, repurposing a depleted shale well to produce geothermal energy. They achieved significant injection rates and successful flowback of hot water and steam.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

To complement the report, the US DOE will be hosting a webinar on 16 January on the topic of geothermal heating and cooling featuring senior DOE leadership. Click here to register for the webinar.

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MARCH 7, 2025

Department of Energys Frontier Observation for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE). This proximity provided solid benchmarks that Fervo used to conduct geothermal exploration for a multi-gigawatt geothermal power development.

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MAY 29, 2025

The Presidio Municipal Development District (PMDD) of Presidio County, Texas and Exceed Geo Energy have signed a 110-MW geothermal power purchase agreement, in what is described as a transformative development opportunity for the region. The agreement was formalized during the inaugural Presidio Vision 2035 student competition.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

We evaluated our existing database of power plants, compared it with numbers released from operators, national authorities, international reporting and more. The total installed geothermal power generation capacity at year-end 2023 stood at 16,335 MW, an increase of 208 MW.

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JUNE 13, 2024

The program seeks to provide funding for regional grid modeling studies that quantify the potential contribution of clean, firm geothermal power in supporting an equitable transition to a future decarbonized grid and economy. Letters of Intent from those who wish to apply must be submitted by the 24th of July 2024.

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MARCH 5, 2024

The State of Hawaii currently has an operating geothermal power plant – the Puna Geothermal Power Plant, located in the Island of Hawai’i. In 2018, the eruption of Kilauea Volcano damaged the power plant which had to be taken offline until eventually resuming operations in 2020.

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JUNE 10, 2025

This well follows Fervo’s earlier Project Red in Nevada, which achieved successful closed-loop geothermal power output in 2023. Department of Energy has supported Fervo’s work through the Enhanced Geothermal Shot initiative, which aims to reduce EGS costs by 90% by 2035.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Discussions and stories on geothermal power plants typically focus on the turbines, who is supplying them, and what technologies they use. To learn more about this aspect of power plant operations, we talked with Jonas Burström , Sales Manager for Motors and Generators at electrification and automation leader ABB.

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MARCH 10, 2025

(DEEP) and the Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence (The Centre) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes a framework for First Nations investment in DEEPs geothermal power project and potential greenhouse development.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Geothermal power is a low-carbon source of energy with no intermittent problems. However, the costs associated with drilling wells in deep and hard-rock formations, where temperatures are hot enough for electricity production, makes it difficult to compete with other technologies aimed at power generation. Porlles et al.,

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5% of the total installed renewable power capacity. However, this is a massive under-representation of the contributions and further potential that geothermal has for decarbonization.

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MAY 15, 2025

Permitting has hindered geothermal growth Behind California and Nevada, Utah is the 3rd state in the US with the largest installed geothermal power generation capacity. “If we see delays like that for transmission, well never see the full buildout of Utahs geothermal potential,” Garfield concluded.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The CFE has played the leading role in geothermal development in Mexico, developing and operating the geothermal power facilities of Cerro Prieto , Los Azufres , and Los Humeros. These changes aim to improve regulatory efficiency and strengthening energy planning.

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APRIL 8, 2025

By tapping into North Dakotas skilled workforce, we can accelerate development and ensure local workers benefit from this expanding industry.” The company specializes in technology for generating geothermal power in oilfield assets.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

The funding opportunity announcement follows on last year’s RFI for novel approaches to superhot enhanced geothermal power. Geothermal is a reliable and secure baseload power source, but today we are only able to access a fraction of the energy it can provide, saidARPA-E Director Evelyn N.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

DEEP Earth Energy Production and Ormat Technologies have signed a Notice to Proceed Agreement for a partnership to launch the first 5-MW conventional geothermal power plant in Canada. This development comes after years of collaboration between the two parties and is a notable first step to bringing the geothermal project online.

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JUNE 7, 2024

Benjamin Burke, Chief Executive Officer, Gradient Geothermal. “We Pierce can be a world-class ‘geothermal garden’ where both heat and electricity from geothermal power benefit the entire town and provide jobs for a workforce familiar with oil and gas.”

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JUNE 3, 2025

In addition, Cladouhos noted that Quaise has an in-house engineer who has been working on the design of superhot geothermal power plants. Toward the Future Araque concluded his presentation at the demo by describing the companys blueprint for developing a superhot, superdeep geothermal resource available around the globe.

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MAY 7, 2025

We continued to execute our growth plans and strengthened our geothermal portfolio with the acquisition of the Blue Mountain project, said Doron Blachar, CEO of Ormat Technologies, in a statement accompanying the earnings release. The Blue Mountain geothermal project, previously operated by Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

400C Energy (400C), a tech-enabled next-generation geothermal developer, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 1960 acres of exploration rights in the State of Utah. “Tech-enabled enhanced geothermal power is vital to achieving grid resilience and affordable energy abundance.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

(Ormat) has closed the previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of geothermal and solar assets from Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), a subsidiary of Enel SpA (ENEL.MI, LLC). Under the agreement, Ormat paid $271 million for 100% of the equity interest in the portfolio assets.

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