Geothermal greenhouses to be expanded in Pagoda Springs, Colorado
Pagoda Springs in Colorado has been looking into expanding the utilisation of hot water from its geothermal spring for quite some time and now things are becoming real. As reported locally, the...
View ArticleCorrelation on geothermal work with recent earthquake being investigated in...
Several news posts and a report by the DESTRESS geothermal research project team report that on 15 November 2017 at 05.29 UTC (14.29 local time) an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 occurred near...
View ArticleWork to start on Neuried geothermal heat and power project in Germany
In a release, drilling technology and geothermal specialist Daldrup & Söhne AG announces that it will start work on further developing the Neuried geothermal power plant project in southwestern...
View ArticleDecarbonising heat production – coal mines and geothermal energy in the UK
A recent article, by two professors from Durham University in the UK, describes on how the UK could use old coal mines to decarbonise the heat sector of the United Kingdom. With fossil fuels dominating...
View ArticleZorlu Energy Group awarded CDP Turkey Climate Leadership Award
Zorlu Energy, one of Turkey’s largest geothermal operators has been awarded CDP Turkey 2017 Climate Leader and became “Turkey’s Carbon Transparency Leader” within the scope of the CDP Climate Change...
View ArticleGeothermal key element in reaching electricity generation goals by PetroEnergy
In an announcement today, PetroGreen Energy Corp. (PGEC), the renewable-energy (RE) arm of publicly listed PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (Perc), reports having already generated 1-billion kilowatt-hour...
View ArticlePotential geothermal development in Puga Valley/ Kashmir – a never ending story
Since 2008, from time to time we have reported on a potential geothermal project in Puga Valley in Ladakh in the Kashmir province of India. Unfortunately there has been no real progress. A recent...
View ArticleRisk Mitigation and the Restructuring of Geothermal Funds in Indonesia
Currently, Indonesia’s geothermal energy potential contribute to 24% of the world’s geothermal potential energy. Nonetheless, geothermal energy in Indonesia is largely underdeveloped due to a variety...
View ArticleDrilling to be completed shortly for geothermal greenhouse project in the...
As part of an earlier announcement Germany-based Daldrup & Söhne AG reported that it will soon complete the Nature’s Heat project in the Netherlands. Nature’s Heat B.V., Kwintsheul, is a consortium...
View ArticleNew U.S. tax bill creates levelled playing-field for geothermal energy
With news from the U.S. on the approval of the U.S. Senate on a tax bill, details emerge what effect this might have on the renewable energy sector in the U.S. Particularly the solar and wind...
View ArticleProject on production of algae from geothermal hotsprings started in...
A new project on the production of spirulina from geothermal hot springs in Turkey, was officially opened in Yalova, Turkey. The “Water and spirulina (Microalgae) Production from Different Geothermal...
View ArticleIndonesian Government promoting country’s geothermal business opportunity
Through the Paris Agreement in October 2016, Indonesia made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission by 29% by 2030. This goal is supported by the continuous development in the new and...
View ArticleU.S. Funding Opportunity: Geothermal forward osmosis & dispatchable operations
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) (www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/) works in partnership with industry, academia, and DOE’s National...
View ArticleUrban regeneration project including geothermal district heating system...
In September this year, we reported on GBP 1.8 million in government funding made available for Scotland’s first low carbon, renewable deep geothermal district heating network at The HALO Kilmarnock...
View ArticleEU grants of EUR 12.2m to help work on fixing carbon into stone in Iceland
Reported already in September this year, Icelandic energy c0mpany Reykjavik Energy, in collaboration with the University of Iceland and foreign science institutions, has received two grants...
View ArticleEthiopia: Volunteers sought for partnership exchange on geothermal licensing
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is planning a partnership exchange on geothermal licensing and permitting processes with the Ethiopian Energy Authority (EEA) in...
View ArticleScientists see geothermal potential in low-enthalpy resources of South Africa
Reported from the Horn of Africa, local geologists from the Council of Geoscience and Nelson Mandela University believe geothermal actually should be seen as a potential source of energy for South...
View ArticleBook with communication concept for geothermal development (in German)
A German project funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) called TIGER has now published a book. The collaborative TIGER project for Deep Geothermal, acceptance and...
View ArticleUp to 40% of Tuscany’s electricity comes from geothermal and will continue to...
The Tuscany region of Italy In Tuscany consumes just under 21,000 GWh of electricity, about 16,000 GWh of which are produced within the region. About 5,500 are derived from outside. Where does this...
View ArticleGovernment of the Canary Islands largely neglects islands’ geothermal potential
The Government of the Canary Islands, an island group off the coast of the Northwestern tip of Africa belonging to Spain is largely neglecting its geothermal potential. The potential of geothermal...
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