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Ecopetrol to proceed with drilling for Caldas geothermal project, Colombia

ThinkGeoEnergy

Colombian state-owned petroleum company Ecopetrol has announced that it will now invest on drilling for the planned geothermal power generation project in Caldas, Colombia. This will require an investment of about COP 98 billion, or close to USD 25 million. USD 167 million).

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Geothermal plants in Bavaria, Germany recognized for performance, efficiency

ThinkGeoEnergy

During the recent Praxisforum Geothermie Bayern event in Pullach, Germany, several geothermal power and heating plants in the State of Bavaria were recognized based on their notable achievements in performance and efficiency. Geothermal energy continues to contribute significantly to the energy needs of Bavaria.

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The COP28 pledge to triple up by 2030 and implications for geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

Tripling the world’s renewable energy production to 11,000 GW by 2030, coupled with doubling energy efficiency, is the most impactful action to rapidly decarbonize this decade, as highlighted in the pre-COP report by the GRA, the COP28 Presidency and IRENA. The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5%

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Geothermal projects and research in Bavaria lauded in Praxisforum event

ThinkGeoEnergy

Extrapolated, the Bavarian geothermal systems produced over 1.5 In addition, there is geothermal electricity generation. In total, the six Bavarian geothermal power plants produced an impressive 145,506 MWh climate-friendly electricity. Here, deep geothermal energy reaches values ??of TWh of district heating.

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Alok Sharma: 'Climate must be at the heart of everything that we do'

Business Green

Now almost a year on, it is just 23 days to COP27, the end of the UK's COP Presidency, and the end of my time as COP President. And so today, from the vantage point of the ending of my time as COP President, I want to take stock of where we are. The plant I visited, Olkaria, was already producing 1 gigawatt of power.

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Next Prime Minister to face legal requirement to beef up Net Zero Strategy

Business Green

Penny Mordaunt reiterated her support for an expansion of renewable energy capacity that could both boost energy security and create millions of green jobs, flagging the potential for tidal and geothermal power, as well as more established renewable technologies.

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🌎 The lithium jackpot in Smackover #220

Climate Tech VC

In another win for geothermal energy, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management gave final approval to Fervo Energy’s Cape Geothermal Power Project. Delegates cross-pollinated conservation ideas at the biodiversity COP last week in Colombia.

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