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Sinopec’s first geothermal power demonstration project starts grid supply

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The China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has announced that their first geothermal power demonstration project has obtained the access permit to start supplying power to the power grid in Xianyang City in Shaanxi Province, China. The facility is an integrated power, heat, and helium extraction plant.

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Qingshui geothermal power plant, Taiwan hits 38m-kWh milestone

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The operators of the Qingshui geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan, have announced that the project has now produced more than 38 million kWh of electricity as of the end of July 2023 since i ts opening in October 2021. The reservoir temperature is around 180 degrees Celsius at a depth from 1,200 to 2,100 meters.

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Taipower inaugurates Renze geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan

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State-owned electricity company Taiwan Power Co. Taipower) has inaugurated the 840-kW Renze geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan. The power plant is set to begin commercial operations by the end of this year. In a statement, Taipower said that the Renze geothermal power plant will generate 4.7

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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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Malaysia reinvigorating interest in geothermal with 1st Geothermal Conference

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The Southeast Asia region has earned an excellent reputation in the field of geothermal power generation. As of the end of 2023, the Philippines and Indonesia have a combined installed geothermal power capacity of 4370 MW , or about 27% of the global installed capacity. It can be small, even just 100 kW.

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Taiwan targets deployment of 20 geothermal exploration teams in 2025

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The Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced that it is targeting the deployment of 20 teams to start deep geothermal exploration by next year, committing to a goal of reaching 1 GW of installed geothermal power generation capacity by 2027 or 2028. In this way, the local industrial chain can also expand.

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Interview – Making the case for geothermal development in Malaysia

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Work is now ongoing from the academic and industrial sectors in Malaysia towards the goal of a first-ever geothermal power plant in the country. Majority of the geothermal sites in Malaysia are non-volcanic in origin, except for the sites in Sabah that are related to the Philippine volcano system.