ThinkGeoEnergy

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. Electricity from the power plant will be sold to Genesis Energy under a 15-year PPA.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This steam is brought to the surface to drive turbines, generating electricity. The cooled fluid is reinjected underground, minimizing environmental impact and sustaining the process. This differs from traditional geothermal energy, which relies on natural reservoirs of hot water or steam.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 26, 2024

Bukotermal, a joint venture company owned by the Varazdin County (85%) and the Mali Bukovec municipality (15%), has started the design and permitting phase for a proposed 16-MW geothermal power project in Varazdin County in Croatia. Two new injection wells are also planned to be drilled on this piece of land. kilometers.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Editor’s note: The Sihuangziping geothermal power project is also referred to in other sources as the Liuhuangziping geothermal power project. A groundbreaking ceremony for the 4-MW Sihuangziping geothermal power plant Jinshan, New Taipei City in Taiwan was held on the 20th of November 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

If as mentioned above we focus on the conventional already widely adopted technologies, there are three broad categories of geothermal use: Geothermal with heat pumps Geothermal direct use heat Geothermal power Where geothermal is hot enough to deliver power, there can sometimes be option to combine the above.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 7, 2024

To recap, the list of projects cover a wide range of geothermal applications with the grants divided as such: Single-structure geothermal heat pump installations – $947,000 Interconnected thermal energy networks between buildings – $3.57 million Geothermal electricity generation – $3.22

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

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. What are possible alternative working fluids for power generation (e.g.,

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a detailed report on the potential of geothermal energy to supply the world’s growing demand for electricity, and the new technologies, regulatory changes, and the mobilization of the oil and gas industry that will facilitate the realization of this potential.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 22, 2024

About Baseload Capital Baseload Capital is a specialized investment entity that leads partnerships to scale up geothermal power deployment worldwide. Geothermal power comes from the Earth’s inner core and provides a fossil-free, stable, 24/7 available baseload for electricity and heating and cooling.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 26, 2020

Global geothermal capacity is anticipated to grow by 28% by 2024, with Asia responsible for one-third of global expansion. is the world leader in terms of megawatts of geothermal power capacity, followed by Indonesia, Turkey and New Zealand. There are two main types of geothermal power facilities.

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Grist

APRIL 10, 2020

There’s another form of renewable energy, however, that might see a benefit from the recent global economic upheaval and emerge in a better position to help the United States decarbonize its electricity system: geothermal. But compared to wind and solar farms, geothermal power plants are expensive to build.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Australian geothermal developer Earths Energy (EE1) has announced the commencement of a scoping study to assess the viability of constructing geothermally powered data centres at its strategically located Queensland projects.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Global installed renewable electricity generation capacity in the 1.5°C C Scenario, 2022 and 2030 (source: IRENA, “Tripling renewable power and doubling energy efficiency by 2030: Crucial steps towards 1.5°C”) This is the only way that ambition can become reality.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Closed-loop geothermal systems: The cost of drilling would need to decrease significantly to hit cost targets, according to the study (Illustration by Ray Johnson/Sandia National Laboratories). That hot water can be used for district heating, so you can use it to heat houses and buildings, or you can use it to generate electricity.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 27, 2024

Improving methods to build those wells and assess their performance can reduce costs for EGS and other geothermal power generation technologies, helping make geothermal electricity a clean, cost-effective option. Innovative Downhole Solutions, Inc.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. Electricity. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

JULY 1, 2024

By July this year, a 20-kW tri-generation demonstration ORC plant will be commissioned to generate electricity and thermal energy for a Multi-Facility Economic Zone. The main user of the energy will be diary product processing plant close to the geothermal thermal plant.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Dandelion Energy raised a $70M Series B-1 round to install geothermal heating and cooling solutions. Enviro Power deployed its high-efficiency SmartWatt Boiler at Wesleyan University , converting heat that would otherwise be lost in traditional boilers into useful electricity.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The project has successfully developed technologies , such as the GeoSmart flexible power plants, to become highly adaptable energy providers while maintaining baseload power sources. In 2023, geothermal was once again recognized as the best baseload power source from renewable sources, achieving a load factor of more than 80%.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 14, 2022

of total power generation in the US, but they’re the fastest-growing electricity source and one of the most affordable. One downside to wind power is that it’s less accessible. Average annual wind speeds in the area should be at least nine mph to generate enough electricity to be worth the investment. Energy needs.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 28, 2024

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) has implemented a Joint Study Agreement (JSA) with PT Elnusa Tbk (Elnusa), PT PGAS Solutions (PGASOL), and PT Pertamina Maintenance and Construction (PertaMC) to develop technology solutions for geothermal and explore opportunities for domestic production of a number of geothermal power plant components.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Northern California Power Agency’s (NCPA) geothermal power plant at The Geysers in the Mayacamas Mountains of Sonoma and Lake Counties in Northern California. GW of geothermal power installed around the world—has helped the geothermal industry to grow. And we have been involved in an additional 2.5

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 19, 2024

1 KRSL’s decision to use geothermal energy both indirectly in electricity production and directly in drying materials for cement sets an example that can be appreciated around the world.” Matteo Quaia, CEO of Steam, expressed his enthusiasm for Steam’s role in Kenya’s burgeoning geothermal market.

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GreenTech Gazette

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

EGS involves creating man-made geothermal reservoirs in areas where natural ones do not exist by injecting water into hot, dry rock to create steam, which can be used to generate electricity. Reservoir characterization and monitoring technologies, which are used to improve the understanding and management of geothermal reservoirs.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

GeoMap India includes more than 175 subsurface and surface layers, including a prospecting tool to identify the most promising regions for development of geothermal powered data centers. Industrial heat is challenging to decarbonize using intermittent renewable electricity.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JULY 17, 2024

Participants in the meeting agreed that geothermal energy is a critically important alternative and a sustainable renewable energy source for both heating and electricity generation. “Efficient use of geothermal energy is essential for decarbonising the heating and cooling sectors.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In an indication of growing interest in the holy grail of geothermal energy—tapping into the superhot rock miles below our feet—18 papers on the topic were presented over multiple sessions at a recent major conference on the overall geothermal industry. “By Today we can’t access those resources.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

GreenLoop solutions offer a stable and predictable cost of energy while providing a valuable mix of power and direct use heating and cooling. Sitting on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” Alaska is rich with geothermal resources, particularly in the southern volcanic regions as well as other regional hot spring areas.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 18, 2023

These are critical for the understanding of the Aluto-Langano geothermal field, which hosts the only operating geothermal power plant in Ethiopia. The shallow intrusions brought about by this process provide the ideal geologic setting for the formation of magma-driven geothermal systems.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 11, 2024

“Investments in EGS can unlock affordable clean energy for over 65 million American homes and exponentially increase opportunities for geothermal heating and cooling solutions nationwide,” said a statement released by the DoE. Yes No Page 6 of 7 What are the many ways to store hydrogen?

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AGreenLiving

MAY 21, 2021

hotels to use geothermal power. In the Lake House’s parking lot, 65 geothermal wells help keep the establishment running. Generated by clean energy, geothermal power is both sustainable and cost-effective. The building is designed with rainwater reclamation systems and efficient cooling and heating systems.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 6, 2025

In fiscal year 2024, NREL broadened its research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) portfolio and partnerships with exciting innovations such as next-generation geothermal technologies for power, geothermal energy networks for heating and cooling, subsurface thermal energy storage, well repurposing, and more.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Geothermal energy is climate tech but it isn’t new tech. Pulling heat from the subsurface of the earth has been a proven method for powering the cooling and heating of buildings for ~70 years. We met through investors and thought, ‘Alright, the technology can make geothermal happen.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

DEEP conducted surface and subsurface resource exploration and reservoir testing activities to characterize the geothermal resource in the Project area and its ability to support the development of geothermal power facilities. GW of clean geothermal electricity and more than $14 billion of related investments.

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