ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 30, 2024

After being shut down for more than 2 years, Orix Corporation (ORIX) has resumed operations of the Suginoi geothermal power plant in the city of Beppu in the Oita Prefecture of the island of Kyushu, Japan. The Suginoi geothermal power plant first began operation in 1980.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

The 34-MW Phase 1 development of the Ijen geothermal power plant in East Java, Indonesia being developed by PT Medco Cahaya Geothermal (PT MCG) is targeting commercial operations by the end of 2024. The Ijen geothermal power plant is part of the 10-year Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) of PT PLN.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Contact Energy has announced that the Te Huka Unit 3 geothermal power station has started supplying power to the grid for the first time. MW, equivalent to the power requirement of about 60,000 homes. It’s a really exciting time for geothermal energy,” added Fuge.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JULY 22, 2024

Located at the foot of the Northern Alps in the NE part of Gifu Prefecture, extensive surface and geophysical surveys done by INPEX in the project site have indicated the presence of geothermal resources.

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MAY 2, 2024

ORIX Corporation (ORIX) has announced the start of commercial operations of the Minami-Kayabe Geothermal Power Plant in the Minami-Kayabe region of Hakodate City in Hokkaido, Japan. MW, it is now the largest binary cycle geothermal power plant in Japan. With a capacity of 6.5

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 22, 2024

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 6, 2024

.” Surface and geophysical surveys, as well as prior drilling operations, had indicated the presence of geothermal resources in the Sempo site. The Hokkaido Prefecture has been a particularly active region for geothermal development in Japan in recent years. MW Minami-Kayaba geothermal power plant.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Unit 1 of the Lumut Balai geothermal power project came online in October 2019. In late 2022, PGEO awarded the EPCC contract for the project to Mitsubishi Corporation Consortium, PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk, and SEPCO III Electric Power Construction Co.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 15, 2025

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) is targeting an April 2025 Commercial Operations Date (COD) of the 55-MW Unit 2 of the Lumut Balai Geothermal Power Plant in South Sumatra, Indonesia. Shortly after, PGEO had announced plans to expand utilization of the geothermal field with a second 55-MW unit.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 9, 2024

Lao-Lao Geopark in North Sulawesi, Indonesia (source: video screenshot, PGE via Instagram) Efforts to explore wider opportunities for the use of geothermal resources had been announced by PGEO a few years prior. Geotourism is a well-established concept, with the Blue Lagoon in Iceland as one of the most prominent examples.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Well testing was then conducted in mid-2022 and the results and data enabled the project to move to the consenting phase and make the application for fast-track consenting to the Ministry for the Environment.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recently celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the Palinpinon-1 geothermal power facility located in the island of Negros in the Philippines.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 26, 2020

Globally, geothermal energy was responsible for more than 85,891 GWh of power generation in 2017 ( 0.3% Global geothermal capacity is anticipated to grow by 28% by 2024, with Asia responsible for one-third of global expansion. There are two main types of geothermal power facilities. Geothermal in Canada.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Enel Green Power is one of the world's leading developers and operators of renewables capacity, with more than 43 gigawatts of solar, wind, hydro and geothermal power under management in the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia. Europe's coal phase out. As of this summer Italy, U.K.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

C Scenario, 2022 and 2030 (source: IRENA, “Tripling renewable power and doubling energy efficiency by 2030: Crucial steps towards 1.5°C”) However, this is a massive under-representation of the contributions and further potential that geothermal has for decarbonization.

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MAY 23, 2024

The Ijen Geothermal power plant is a key part of Indonesia’s ambitious strategy for an energy transition,” said Nisha Biswal. In late 2022, MCG announced receiving approva l from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) to drill four exploration wells, two reinjection wells, and one make-up well on the Ijen site.

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JULY 16, 2024

The growth of the global geothermal power sector continues to lag behind other renewable energies, but there is still plenty of untapped potential for geothermal to contribute to the commercial heat market. From 2021 to 2022, renewable electricity by 7.2%. of the global electricity mix in 2022 and grow by 18.2%

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 17, 2024

New Zealand utility company Contact Energy is currently reevaluating its plans for a new geothermal power plant in the Wairakei field that sought to replace the aging Wairakei A and B geothermal power stations that had been operating since 1958. The commissioning process for this project has already started.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Through the MoU, INPEX aims to form a cooperative effort with PLN IP on geothermal development and exploration in Indonesia. IGE established its office in Indonesia in October 2022 and has since promoted geothermal business opportunities. The MOU is a part of these ongoing efforts.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Bago site in Negros Occidental was previously the site of the Northern Negros geothermal power project by EDC. The project had been shut down in 2010 amidst concerns over the steam field’s capability of supporting the 49-MW power plant. The power plant was eventually relocated to the Nasulo field in Negros Oriental.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Geothermal developer Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has submitted bids for two geothermal sites following the Open and Competitive Selection Process (OSCP4) by the Philippine Department of Energy which concluded on 28 September 2023. Sembrano (20 MW) geothermal power projects.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In 2022, 1,476 PJ (410 TWh) of geothermal energy has been used globally, a 44% increase from 2020, among them, the geothermal heating and cooling of buildings accounted for about 79% of the total.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 12, 2024

PT Medco Cahaya Geothermal (PT Medco) has been selected as one of the firms to be granted loans by the U.S. MW geothermal power project in East Java, Indonesia. The latest major update on the project is the completion of exploration works back in 2022. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 9, 2025

This is effectively double the geothermal heating capacity of the oil and gas enterprise in 2020, which is when the 13th Five-Year Plan ended. Sinopec has steadily increased its geothermal heating capacity through the years – from 50 million square meters in 2019 , 85 million square meters in 2022 , and 95 million square meters in 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In 2022, CPC Taiwan and Academia Sinica signed a memorandum of cooperation for geothermal development , with exploration starting at the Honchailin area in the Sanxing Township of Yilan County. Yilan County has long been identified as one of the regions in Taiwan with plenty of geothermal potential.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The results from the field application of this concept in different technologies of geothermal power generation will be introduced in several cases. This type of deposition is especially observed in binary cycle geothermal power plants.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The “2023 Geothermal Development Trends and Site Exploration Promotion Forum” was held to publish the results of geothermal exploration work resulting from the “Geothermal Exploration University – Research Cooperation Platform.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The company’s first geothermal power plant, the 20-MW Maibarara 1, came online in 2014. In 2022, the company announced plans of building a third power plant with a power generation capacity of 10 to 30 MW. The installed capacity of the field was then extended with the 12-MW Maibarara 2 in 2018.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Supplementing this updates, PGEO and PEMA have done geoscience surveys and geohazard mapping at the site, with conceptual model updates reported in 2022-2024. If developed, the Seulawah Agam project will be the first geothermal power plant in the Aceh region of Indonesia.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

(source: Celsius Energy) In addition, we have a lot more conventional geothermal resources to develop all around the world, including from deep sedimentary basins. We are going to see large growth in geothermal power of three types— conventional, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), and advanced geothermal systems (AGS).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) have confirmed that PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) is preparing for the acquisition of the Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power Plant, located in Mandailing Natal Regency in North Sumatra. “PGEO sees that there is potential to develop a business there.”

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JANUARY 19, 2024

The cited geothermal potential of Kepahiang based on MEMR documents is 74 MW (speculative) and 180 MW (suspected). MW) geothermal power plants. In 2022, Singapore-based Green Era Pte Ltd (Green Era) acquired a 33.33% stake in Star Energy. Star Energy currently operates the Wayang Windu (230.5

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JULY 18, 2024

Previous reports have indicated that the MEMR has been working on a draft of derivative regulations of Presidential Regulation Number 112/2022 that will allow geothermal independent power producers (IPPs) to negotiate with PLN for the purchase price of electricity from geothermal power plants.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In recent years, Taiwan has slowly but resolutely built a modest geothermal power sector. In a region dense with volcanic centers and hot springs, there is certainly great incentive to develop this potential t0 be at par with neighboring countries in the Asia and Pacific.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Unit Rated Capacity (URC) test of the 33-MW Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power Plant Unit 5 has been successfully completed. With this, the total capacity of the Sorik Marapi Geothermal Field in Mandailing Natal Regency in South Sumatra, Indonesia has increased to 200 MWe.

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