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OCTOBER 4, 2024

Stellae Energy , a UK-based Green Energy Solutions and Assets company, is pleased to announce the signing of a detailed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Vanuatu in the Western Tropical Pacific.

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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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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Colorado-based Gradient Geothermal (Gradient) has announced that it will provide geothermal power generation and fluid cooling services to Chord Energy , an independent North American oil and gas exploration and production entity. Benjamin Burke, Chief Executive Officer of Gradient Geothermal.

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MAY 23, 2024

As part of the agreement, G42 will be working with local partners to build a data centre campus that will run on geothermal power and will run Microsoft Azure for a new East Africa Cloud Region. This data centre is planned to become operational within 24 months of signing the definitive agreements. Soon after, G42 secured a $1.5

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JANUARY 6, 2025

million loan to fund the construction of a 10-MW geothermal power project in Dominica. The project is a public-private partnership between the Commonwealth of Dominica (GoCD) represented by the Geothermal Development Company of Dominica (DGDC) and Ormat Technologies Inc.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Government of Dominica and the Dominica Electricity Services (DOMLEC) has signed an agreement with Ormat Technologies Inc. Ormat) that sees Ormat finance the construction of, operate, and maintain a 10-MW geothermal power plant in Laudat. The Government will maintain ownership of these assets. and its subsidiary.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC) is currently in the process of reviewing six applications for Phase 1 consultancy services for the construction of a geothermal power plant at the Chachimbiro site. The first phase of the Chachimbiro geothermal project has received funding support from the Government of Japan.

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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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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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MARCH 31, 2025

The World Bank has approved a USD 15 million, six-year investment program that will support El Salvador in increasing their geothermal power generation capacity and harness geothermal heat for direct uses. Part of this investment will go towards the drilling of wells and construction of the Chinameca geothermal power plant.

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MARCH 13, 2025

PLN East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is setting an ambitious goal to increase renewable energy generation to 198 MW by 2030, with a strong focus on geothermal power plants (PLTPs). Existing Renewable Energy in NTT (as of 2023): 50 solar power plants (PLTS) 19.2 MW, 3 geothermal power plants (PLTP) 20.5

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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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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Government of Dominica and the Dominica Electricity Services (DOMLEC) have signed an agreement with Ormat Technologies Inc., a US company and its subsidiaries for the development of a 10 MW ge.

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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. As such, the eligibility rules and procedures of ADB will govern the bidding process.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Editor’s note: The Sihuangziping geothermal power project is also referred to in other sources as the Liuhangziping geothermal power project. There are also plans to proceed with the construction of a second geothermal power plant to bring the installed capacity in Sihuangziping up to 40 MW.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In 2021, it was announced that the construction of the seventh geothermal power plant in the GreenEco Geothermal Plant Complex had started with an investment of 978 million Turkish Lira. MW GreenEco GPP-7 geothermal power plant in Türkiye completed first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

The planned 35-MW geothermal power project will be the first geothermal plant of Globeleq, one of three Independent Power Producers (IPPs) assigned to build power plants to utilize the geothermal resources in Menengai.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Unit 1 of the Lumut Balai geothermal power project came online in October 2019. “This is the Company’s step in supporting the government to achieve the national energy mix target of 23 percent by 2025 and net zero emissions [by] 2060,” added Julfi.

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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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JANUARY 14, 2025

ADB had previously supported Phase 1 of the Muara Laboh geothermal power project , as well as other Indonesian geothermal projects including Sarulla and Rantau Dedap. Loans from Japanese private institutions will be insured by Nippon Expert and Investment Insurance (NEXI).

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APRIL 7, 2025

The theme of this year’s PIGC will be “Flash Point: Igniting Human Ingenuity and Geothermal Innovation.” For those interested, please contact commercial@ngaphil.com.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Minister also emphasized that the Indonesian Government has made a breakthrough this year with measures to shorten and simplify the licensing process. Indonesia remains aggressive in pursuing both greenfield and brownfield geothermal projects.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Amidst talks of the termination of the geothermal project being developed in St. A total of three wells were drilled for the project, with costs of over US$ 35 million since the start in 2012 – S$700k from the government, US$ 29 million in grant funding, and $7 million in funding from private equity.

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JULY 15, 2024

The Ecuadorian Government, through the Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC), has published an invitation for Expressions of Interest (EOI) and financial proposals for consulting services for the construction of a geothermal power plant at the Chachimbiro site in Ecuador.

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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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DECEMBER 5, 2024

The company continues with efforts to engage with financial institutions to further support the initiative, including the German government. Regulatory filings have already indicated KenGen’s plans of building the Olkaria VII geothermal power plant with an installed capacity of 80.3

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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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AUGUST 25, 2023

The Prešov self-governing region has signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation with developer PW Energy for a geothermal power project in L’ubotice within the Prešov district. If the project proceeds, this will be first geothermal power plant in Slovakia. Source: Trend.sk

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

A research project on CO2 reinjection in geothermal power generation facilities by GNS Science , in collaboration with Mercury NZ Ltd. , Under current practices in most parts of the world, geothermal power stations emit naturally occurring CO2 that is initially dissolved in the geothermal fluid as part of the power generation process.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a grant agreement with the Philippines’ Energy Development Corporation (EDC) for a feasibility study and pilot project to increase geothermal power production in EDC’s geothermal fields using technology from California-based company GreenFire Energy (GFE). Ebong, USTDA’s Director.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) visited the geothermal power and lithium extraction facility of Vulcan Energy Resources (Vulcan) in Landau, expressing strong support for the geothermal industry in Germany ahead of the federal elections. This technology is trendsetting.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

DEEP Earth Energy Production and Ormat Technologies have signed a Notice to Proceed Agreement for a partnership to launch the first 5-MW conventional geothermal power plant in Canada. This development comes after years of collaboration between the two parties and is a notable first step to bringing the geothermal project online.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Representatives of the Government of Dominica are looking forward to forming new partnerships to aid with financing of the island nation’s geothermal project in Roseau Valley. Additional investment is needed Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said that the government has provided nearly half of the ECD 150 million (approx.

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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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JULY 4, 2024

The support and plans of Hungary for geothermal was part of the message told by Deputy State Secretary for Energy Transition Viktor Horváth during the “Geothermal Power: The Light Under Your Feet” event held in Brussels, Belgium by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC).

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JANUARY 8, 2024

We evaluated our existing database of power plants, compared it with numbers released from operators, national authorities, international reporting and more. The total installed geothermal power generation capacity at year-end 2023 stood at 16,335 MW, an increase of 208 MW. MW, excluding 101.9

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JANUARY 29, 2024

(CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California. Source: Email correspondence The post CTR breaks ground on geothermal and lithium facility in California first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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