ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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. The plan for the first phase of the project is to develop a 30-MW geothermal power plant.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Earlier this year, CELEC had issued a call for Expressions of Interest for technical consultancy related to the development fo the Chachimbiro geothermal project. According to CELEC, the construction of the geothermal power plant has an estimated budget of $250 million.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

One of the biggest stories and most widely supported initiatives coming out of the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (CO28) in Dubai, UAE is the pledge to triple the world’s installed renewable energy capacity by 2030 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5%

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are poised to play a critical role in the global geothermal energy sector. With an estimated geothermal potential of 55–70 GW, the region remains an untapped powerhouse, currently utilizing only 1,751 MW of its capacity—just 11% of the global total.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The tender process for consultancy services for the construction of a geothermal power plant at the Chachimbiro site in Ecuador has entered the prequalification stage. Source: CELEC The post Tender for Chachimbiro, Ecuador geothermal consultancy enters prequalification first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 28, 2024

During the 10th Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC 2023) , recently held in the city of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, the PiensaGeotermia team , in alliance with the New Energy Events team, interviewed Mr. Ken Takagi , president and CEO of Toshiba America, Inc.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 15, 2024

Orlando Velandia Sepúlveda, President of Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos/ANH), has announced that Colombia will conduct its first round of auctions for geothermal energy projects by the second semester of 2024. he added. “We Source: Yahoo!

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Presidency of Colombia, through the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia (MinEnerga) , has issued a new regulatory framework seeks to promote the generation of electrical energy from geothermal resources and optimize the processes of awarding rights for their exploration and exploitation.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Registration is currently open for a webinar on the topic of social acceptance and understanding of geothermal energy. This is a part of the 2023 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series organized by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland. Title: “Why Geothermal?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Delegates from 15 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and other nations around the world participated in the congress, where essential topics were addressed, such as the role of geothermal energy in industrial growth, food and economic security, and innovative technologies to reduce costs and increase project viability.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As part of the wider renewable energy sector, geothermal has set ambitious targets for scaling up by the end the decade. One of the most important things we can do is decarbonize heating, and our Celsius Energy startup speaks directly to that. Celsius Energy installation at SLB’s Riboud Product Center in Clamart, France.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 18, 2024

The Senate of the Republic of Chile has approved in favor of the proposed “Law on Geothermal Energy Concessions for the development of projects for the shallow use of geothermal energy.” However, it does not make a distinction smaller project that tap into shallow geothermal systems.

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