Geothermal helps Kenya to cut power imports
The new installed geothermal power in Kenya has helped the country cut their need to import costly electricity from neighbouring countries. According to local sources and data from the country’s Energy...
View ArticleHomegrown Experts to Tap into Africa’s 20,000 MW Geothermal Energy Thanks to...
Around 80 delegates, including representatives of 13 African countries gathered in Nairobi to explore the feasibility of establishing the Africa Geothermal Centre of Excellence (AGCE), which would...
View ArticleAustralian firms interested in up to $500m investment in geothermal
Local news from Indonesia detail that the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has seen a rise in interest to develop a geothermal power plant worth US $ 500 Million. The head of BKPM Franky Sibarani...
View ArticleInterview: Padraig Oliver, Analyst at CPI on public finance and geothermal...
Growing in strength, geothermal energy is seeing impressive growth in developing economies while it slows down on developed ones. Some of the most common hurdles for the development of this renewable...
View ArticleWorld Bank on carbon credits from Olkaria II Unit 3, Kenya
By adding a third (35 MW) generator to an existing geothermal plant, the Olkaria II Unit 3 Geothermal Project is expanding Kenya’s renewable energy capacity and contributing about 276 GWh annually to...
View ArticleIndonesia & Costa Rica sign geothermal cooperation agreement
Asia and Latin America are coming a little closer. According to the Jakarta Post, “Indonesia and Costa Rica will strengthen bilateral cooperation in various sectors following the signing of a framework...
View ArticleAdditional environmental review likely for project in Taiwan
Last week, the Yilan Geothermal project in Taiwan was mentioned in local news stating that an additional environmental review is likely to come through before said project can be carried out. According...
View ArticleEl Salvador could add up to 102 MW of geothermal power by 2021
El Salvador wants to keep on moving forward with geothermal energy development and following a recent announcement by the National Energy Council making public an auction for 150 MW of renewable energy...
View ArticleInteractive map of geothermal resources and infrastructure of Nevada
The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology’s interactive geothermal map is a compilation of GIS data, relevant to geothermal energy, from around the state. The map provides users the opportunity to view a...
View ArticleAnother Australian player diversifying from geothermal
Greenearth Energy Ltd has identified three near-term corporate objectives that are being undertaken to more clearly align Greenearth’s public positioning with its operating activities. These will also...
View Article$73 bn public finance required to meet geothermal development targets
Geothermal energy is one of the best bets for many developing economies, but according to the recently released CPI report on public finance and in an article in Bloomberg, “the geothermal industry may...
View ArticleThe “Golden” Opportunity of Geothermal?
One can not be sure what do the geothermal professionals in NZ say out loud when they test wells and they prove to be successful… Gold? They might as well, since researchers from the US and the...
View ArticleForum on industrial use of geothermal energy in Mexico
Local Mexican news announce that all northwest Mexico entrepreneurs are invited to participate, on the 1st and 2nd of September, to the first Forum on Industrial Uses of Geothermal Energy, which aims...
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US DOE Geothermal Data Repository growing with 500th submission
July 15 marked an important milestone for the Energy Department’s Geothermal Data Repository (GDR), as the online geoscience tool received its 500th submission since its launch in March 2012. The...
View ArticleEnel Green Power supporting geothermal education in Chile
Local Chilean news announce that the Center for Energy Development of the University of Antofagasta (CEDUA), which has had a long standing academic and scientific partnership with Italy’s ENEL Green...
View ArticleCIF reports on 3rd Geothermal Dialogue held in Vienna
In the official Climate Investment Fund’s blog, Abhishek Bhaskar gives some insights on last June’s Third Geothermal Dialogue event held in Austria. The meeting “is the third of a series of Geothermal...
View ArticleDeep saline and shallow aquifers and are the UK’s geothermal opportunity
The following are the key points from a presentation by Jon Busby from The British Geological Survey titled “Deep Geothermal energy and groundwater in the UK”. This presentation provides an excellent...
View Article5th London Geothermal Symposium: Securing our Geothermal Future
With new projects developing single well geothermal technology, interest in exploiting ultra low grade heat from abandoned mines plus several feasibility studies for the assessment of additional...
View ArticleGEOCAP winner of the best content booth at IIGCE 2015 in Indonesia
GEOCAP has won the prize for the best content booth at the Indonesia International Geothermal Convention and Exhibition (IIGCE) held in Jakarta from 19 to 21 August. The Geothermal Capacity Building...
View Article10,000 Tweets of ThinkGeoEnergy, accomplishment or challenge of social media?
We have just jumped over an important threshold. We posted Tweet No. 10,000. Compared to all the social media stars, this does not seem much, but let me put this a little bit into context. Here is our...
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