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JUNE 24, 2024

The Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) has announced the list of six geothermal power projects that have been selected for the 2024 Geothermal Resource Survey Subsidy Program. Three of the six projects are new, while the other three are continuation of previously funded ongoing projects.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Another geothermal power plant has been completed in Japan, this time in the town of Oguni in the Aso District of Kumamoto Prefecture. The 5-MW Oguni Machiokoshi geothermal power plant will soon start supplying the electricity needed by about 8000 households in a rural area theat is well-known for its hot springs.

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JUNE 2, 2024

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is targeting to commence operations on four geothermal power plants before the end of 2024. The four planned projects are as follows: 29-MW Palayan Bayan binary power plant in Bicol 5.6-MW The four planned projects are as follows: 29-MW Palayan Bayan binary power plant in Bicol 5.6-MW

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MARCH 1, 2024

MW Appi Geothermal Power Plant in the Hachimantai region of Iwate Prefecture, Japan has officially started commercial operations. The power plant uses a single-flash turbine. All the power generated in Appi will be supplied under a Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) mechanism for renewable energy.

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JUNE 7, 2024

Kyushu Electric Power , thru subsidiary Kyuden Mirai Energy, has announced that it will build a 4990-kW geothermal power plant in Kirishima City in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Construction will begin by September this year and the power plant is expected to start commercial operations by the end of the 2026 fiscal year.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Star Energy Geothermal has announced plans of expanding their installed geothermal power generation capacity by 102.6 The announcement was made during the recent Indonesia International Geothermal Convention & Exhibition in Jakarta, which Star Energy also hosted.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Reported in July 2024, Contact Energy has completed a 30-day test run of the Tauhara geothermal power station in New Zealand, with the plant running continuously at 152 MW and tested at the target capacity of 174 MW. Electricity from the power plant will be sold to Genesis Energy under a 15-year PPA.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Over the past decade, the Patuha Geothermal Power Plant Unit 1, operated by PT Geo Dipa Energi (Persero), has stood as a testament to the potential of geothermal energy. Drawing from a steam-dominated geothermal reservoir with 12 production wells and 2 injection wells, the power plants boasts of a generating capacity of 60 MW.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Ormat Technologies (Ormat) has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract valued at approximately $200 million by Contact Energy for the development of the 101-MW Te Mihi 2 geothermal power plant in New Zealand. The power plant is expected to be completed by mid-2027.

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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. MW, which will be a very significant contribution to the total global installed geothermal power capacity for this year.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In June 2024, Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) officially announced the contractual hand-over of the Tauhara Geothermal Power Station in New Zealand to Contact Energy. a leading manufacturer of steam turbines for geothermal power plants. a leading manufacturer of steam turbines for geothermal power plants.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

PT Geo Dipa Energi has announced a tender for an EPC contract for the Dieng Unit 2 geothermal power plant in Central Java, Indonesia. Geo Dipa has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the expansion of both the Dieng and Patuha geothermal power plants.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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. With an installed capacity of 4.2 Alternative spellings can include Chingshui, Cingshuei, and Quinghsui.

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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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JUNE 1, 2024

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) and PT PLN Indonesia Power (PLN) have officially signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) which marks a new stage in effort to optimize the capacity of geothermal power plants in Indonesia.

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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 2, 2023

During the 4th Philippine International Geothermal Conference held in Manila, Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Rowena Cristin Gueveara stated that the agency hopes for the country to regain its spot and the country with the 2nd largest installed geothermal power generation capacity.

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MAY 13, 2024

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.” Hermann is an expert in Power Applications globally.

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MAY 13, 2024

A feature article published on Toshiba Clip , the official publication of Japanese multinational electronics company Toshiba , how the company has utilized IoT and AI technologies to improve the utilization rate of geothermal power plants. “There are [also] challenges for existing geothermal power plants.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Ngawha Geothermal Power Station has become the first geothermal power plant in New Zealand to achieve net carbon zero status. The team at Ngawha has successfully reduced emissions from the power plant equivalent to 128,000 tons of CO2 equivalent to only about 28,000 tons.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Optimizing electricity dispatch In addition, optimization of geothermal power plant (PLTP) is also carried out by prioritizing excess energy from currently operating PLTP. There is also plenty of potential optimization from other geothermal power plant operators – 134 GWh from PT Geo Dipa Energi (PLTP Dieng and Patuha), 365.8

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JANUARY 17, 2024

KS Orka Renewables Pty Ltd (KS Orka), via subsidiary PT Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power (PT SMGP), has announced the start of commercial operations of the 50-MW Sorik Marapi Unit 4 geothermal power plant in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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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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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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JANUARY 23, 2024

A new binary geothermal power plant located in Mori-Machi in Hokkaido, Japan has started commercial operations as of 24 November 2023. The 2-MW MORI Binary Power Plant (MBP) is managed and operated by Mori Binary Power LLC, a joint venture organized by three Japanese companies – Hokkaido Electric Power Co.

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MARCH 25, 2024

million) to renewable energy company BLD Power Stations for the Minami Tateishi geothermal power plant located in Beppu City in Oita Prefecture, Japan. This marks the first geothermal power generation project in Japan to receive funding from a Green Loan financial instrument.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Source: Environmental Protection Authority The post Resource consent granted to Taheke geothermal power project, New Zealand first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

(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. Taiwan , the Renze geothermal power plant is the first geothermal power plant in Taiwan that has been fully built by state-owned enterprises.

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JULY 5, 2024

MW Palayan Bayan binary geothermal power plant (PBGPP) in the province of Albay in the Philippines. The binary power plant, built at a cost of Php 7 billion (approx. Prior to this , Turboden had been selected as the supplier of the ORC power plant for the project. Puno, Vice Chairman and CEO of EDC.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Contact Energy has provided progress updates for the Tauhara geothermal power project in New Zealand, maintaining a target commercial operations date by winter (June to August) 2024. Through recent year, Contact Energy has provided several updates on the construction of the Tauhara geothermal power plant.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

PT Geo Dipa Energi (Persero) has published a tender for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the Patuha Unit 2 geothermal power plant in Central Java, Indonesia. The deadline for the submission of bids will be on 13 February 2024, 14:00H Western Indonesia Time.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Power company Mercury , along with representatives from Tauhara No. participated in a groundbreaking ceremony to signal the start of construction of the 50-MW geothermal power plant at the Nga Tamariki geothermal power station in New Zealand. 2 Trust , Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa Runanga , and Ormat Technologies Inc.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Unit 1 of the Lumut Balai geothermal power project came online in October 2019. On the international front, PGEO with Masdar Energy is backing the development of the Suswa geothermal site in Kenya.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The country is considered “outperforming” in the geothermal sector with one of the world’s highest installed capacity and is expected to have substantial growth.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Ahmad also stated that PGEO was already supplying renewable heat for potato farming in Garut and Kamojang, two areas where PT PGE’s geothermal power plant operates. The success of the Blue Lagoon has been emulated by Olkaria in Kenya , and is the blueprint for a geothermal spa being planned in Menengai.

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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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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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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