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JANUARY 29, 2025

. “ The projects innovative engineering design and integrated asset development model brings together developers, technology providers and infrastructure partners to open new frontiers for geothermal power generation in Canada and beyond.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Cascade Institute , a research centre at Royal Roads University, has published a roadmap towards the deployment of ultradeep geothermal power technologies for commercial operations in Canada. The “Ultradeep Geothermal Research and Action Roadmap” can be accessed and downloaded here.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

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Solar Industry

JANUARY 4, 2024

Ormat Technologies has closed the previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of geothermal and solar assets from Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), a subsidiary of Enel SpA.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 13, 2024

Google has entered into an agreement with Nevada electric utility company and Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiary NV Energy to increase the supply of geothermal power to its data center operations from 3.5 As part of this agreement, NV Energy is working with geothermal developer Fervo Energy for the geothermal power supply. “NV

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 7, 2025

Department of Energys Frontier Observation for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE). This proximity provided solid benchmarks that Fervo used to conduct geothermal exploration for a multi-gigawatt geothermal power development.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 13, 2024

The program seeks to provide funding for regional grid modeling studies that quantify the potential contribution of clean, firm geothermal power in supporting an equitable transition to a future decarbonized grid and economy. Letters of Intent from those who wish to apply must be submitted by the 24th of July 2024.

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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. Section 4: Other I.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 13, 2025

To complement the report, the US DOE will be hosting a webinar on 16 January on the topic of geothermal heating and cooling featuring senior DOE leadership. Click here to register for the webinar.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 5, 2024

The State of Hawaii currently has an operating geothermal power plant – the Puna Geothermal Power Plant, located in the Island of Hawai’i. In 2018, the eruption of Kilauea Volcano damaged the power plant which had to be taken offline until eventually resuming operations in 2020.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 7, 2024

Benjamin Burke, Chief Executive Officer, Gradient Geothermal. “We Pierce can be a world-class ‘geothermal garden’ where both heat and electricity from geothermal power benefit the entire town and provide jobs for a workforce familiar with oil and gas.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Geothermal power is a low-carbon source of energy with no intermittent problems. However, the costs associated with drilling wells in deep and hard-rock formations, where temperatures are hot enough for electricity production, makes it difficult to compete with other technologies aimed at power generation. Porlles et al.,

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The CFE has played the leading role in geothermal development in Mexico, developing and operating the geothermal power facilities of Cerro Prieto , Los Azufres , and Los Humeros. These changes aim to improve regulatory efficiency and strengthening energy planning.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The case for geothermal Currently, geothermal accounts for only about 0.5% of the total installed renewable power capacity. However, this is a massive under-representation of the contributions and further potential that geothermal has for decarbonization.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 17, 2025

The funding opportunity announcement follows on last year’s RFI for novel approaches to superhot enhanced geothermal power. Geothermal is a reliable and secure baseload power source, but today we are only able to access a fraction of the energy it can provide, saidARPA-E Director Evelyn N.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

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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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 27, 2025

The results of the study justifies the need to update the baseline drilling cost curves used by models that estimate the costs of geothermal power such as the Geothermal Electricity Technology Evaluation Model (GETEM) and the System Advisor Model (SAM).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 4, 2024

(Ormat) has closed the previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of geothermal and solar assets from Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), a subsidiary of Enel SpA (ENEL.MI, LLC). Under the agreement, Ormat paid $271 million for 100% of the equity interest in the portfolio assets.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

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. This is the first of seven project stages building towards a multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct, the “Lithium Valley Campus.” ” The 1.85-billion-dollar

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

POWER is proud to partner with RE+ as we provide information and insight for attendees of the largest renewable energy event in North America. RE+ celebrates its 20th anniversary this […] The post Coming Together for Clean Energy: Supplement to POWER and RE+ appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 22, 2024

Situated in southwest Utah, Cape Station is positioned to redefine geothermal energy production with an anticipated total project capacity of approximately 400 MW. The success of Cape Station will not only validate the efficacy of EGS technology but also unlock vast potential for future geothermal power projects across the United States.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The full paper, “Techno-Economic Analysis of Greenfield Geothermal Hybrid Power Plants using a Solar or Natural Gas Steam Topping Cycle,” by Wendt et. Leveraging efficiency and flexibility Geothermal power plants face several challenges to competitively provide power to U.S. energy markets.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The IGA is continuing the webinar series with two upcoming sessions: Geothermal Heating & Cooling: A Deep Dive with Adele Manzella (22nd November 2023 14:00 UTC) Luis Gutierrez-Negrin Explores Geothermal Power Generation (24th November 2023 16:00 UTC) More details and registration for the two sessions can be done via this link.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

.” With California and Nevada leading the nation in geothermal energy production, the two states particularly stand to benefit from more growth opportunities possible under the provisions outlined in the legislation. of the nation’s geothermal power while Nevada provides 26.1%. According to 2023 data from the U.S.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 13, 2024

In mid-2023, the PMDD approved funding of USD 15,000 to conduct a feasibility study for a geothermal power plant in South Presidio County. The contract was soon awarded to the research team at the University of Texas, Austin , followed by a nine-month study.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 27, 2024

MPG currently holds a lease for 3000 acres of land in the Maxwell Park area near the Lost Creek subdivision, where a 10-MW binary geothermal power plant had been proposed.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 23, 2025

reports the signing of a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Calpine Energy Solutions, one of North Americas largest energy suppliers. In an announcement, Ormat Technologies Inc.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 4, 2024

More recently, Sage announced a partnership with Meta Platforms where Sage will deliver up to 150MW of geothermal power generation at a yet to be determined location east of the Rocky Mountains. Sage has made significant progress in the past year, starting with the closing of a $17 million Series A funding round in early 2024.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 13, 2024

“Our bill sets the stage for reaching ambitious geothermal targets through technology research that will enable operations at depths that were previously inaccessible. I thank Chairman Lucas for working with me to introduce this bipartisan bill, and I look forward to continuing the work needed to usher in a clean energy future.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 22, 2024

If we can capture the “heat beneath our feet,” it can be the clean, reliable, base-load scalable power for everybody from industries to households,” said Granholm during the announcement. Chevron has since sold those assets ( Philippines and Indonesia) but in recent years has been gradually getting back to the geothermal market.

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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.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

This makes it harder to invest on geothermal projects, as the certainty of the individual stages of development become subject to permitting decisions. The difficult approval process also applies to transmission lines that are needed to connect geothermal power generation facilities to markets.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 9, 2024

Department of Energy will be hosting the “DOE’s Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Next-Generation Geothermal Power Webinar” on the 12th of April 2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. Registration for the webinar is currently open. Click here to register.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

(Sage) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) to establish a collaborative framework for pursuing commercial projects and joint funding opportunities related to subsurface energy storage and geothermal power generation in California.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 5, 2024

Heber Diez went on to say that the investment requirement of geothermal represents a slight fraction of what is spent for the oil industry. The AGM President emphasized that the exploration and deployment of geothermal power technologies may be expensive at the onset, but these are compensated enough when the facilities are operational.

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