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Power Africa initiative partners with KenGen on geothermal development in Kenya

Following meetings in Washington DC, at the recently held GEA Geothermal Showcase event, news now report that Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has partnered with Power Africa-Kenya to...

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Drilling starts on new geothermal power project in Gross-Gerau, Germany

As reported by German news last week, drilling has started for the first geothermal power plant in the state of Hesse in Germany at Trebur. “After completion of the first hole in about three months, we...

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SMU Power Plays Conference Announces Conference Agenda and Confirmed Speakers

The SMU Geothermal Laboratory’s 8th Annual Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields, Conference and Workshop kicks off April 25-26 on the beautiful SMU Campus in Dallas, Texas. The Power...

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Italian Prime Minister dedicating hybrid geothermal solar plant in Nevada today

Having been invited to attend a ceremony today at Stillwater, Nevada with Enel Green Power and the Italian Prime Minister I am quite sad I was not able, but will hopefully get some pictures we can...

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Bloomberg: Mexico’s geothermal market heating up

In an article today, Bloomberg reports that “Geothermal energy in Mexico could be one of the winners of a huge legal overhaul of its power sector in the past two years”. With the push by Mexico’s...

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St. Kitts pushing ahead with plans for geothermal exploration

The island of St. Kitts, part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, continues its efforts on geothermal exploration, this despite the neighboring Nevis with its own geothermal project. In a local...

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Aberdeen in Scotland targetting ‘Icelandic-style’ geothermal heating

The city of Aberdeen in Scotland in the UK is considering the drilling of wells to tap into geothermal energy to heat local homes and businesses. Campaigners for the initiative say that this would help...

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Iceland Geothermal Conference, April 2016 releases event app

The Iceland Geothermal Conference taking place April 26-29, 2016 has now released its own event app. The app features the Agenda, speaker bios, exhibitors, sponsors and you are able to save your own...

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Italian Prime Minister inaugurates geothermal solar hybrid plant in Nevada

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Enel CEO Francesco Starace, Enel Green Power CEO Francesco Venturini and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, today attended the inauguration of Enel Green Power’s...

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Geothermal energy development and the social impact

Reflecting on the geothermal activities, one often thinks only about project economics, exploration risk, feed-in-tariffs, we even talk about stakeholder engagement to deal with potential opposition to...

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Geothermal energy could attract textile factories to Olkaria, Kenya

Having reported on KenGen’s ambitions for an industrial park fuelled by geothermal power near Naivasha, Kenya, it seems like investors are having a close look. To attract investors, Kenya offers the...

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U.S. Geothermal to continue its current growth strategy

Reported by the company today, U.S. Geothermal Inc. has formally concluded the previously announced evaluation of strategic alternatives. In 2015, the company started a review process on strategic...

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3D survey completed for ambitious geothermal heating project in Munich, Germany

Reported by DMT GbmH & Co. KG, one of the largest ever inner-city 3D surveys came to a successful end last week. The Essen based technology service provider, contracted by Stadtwerke München...

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Developing countries outpace developed world in renewable energy investment

In a recent report published by the United Nations Program for the Environment (UNEP) it is reported that “for the first time in 2015, investments in renewable energy were higher in the developing...

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Drilling contracted awarded for Mabini project, Batangas, Philippines

As reported today from the Philippines, Basic Energy Corp. and Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. have approved the drilling program for the first exploratory well under the consortium’s...

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In interesting move Ormat diversifies its business into energy storage

Ormat Technologies, Inc. in a release today announced that its subsidiary has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Alevo Group SA, a leading provider of energy storage systems, to jointly build,...

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Tender: Pre-qualifcation for steamfield of Olkaria I unit 6 project of KenGen

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd. (KenGen), has published its intention to prequalify contractors and/or firms for the Construction of Steamfield for Olkaria 1 Additional Unit 6 Geothermal...

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Tender: Pre-qualification EPC contract for 70 MW Olkaria I unit 6 of KenGen

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd. (KenGen) intends to prequalify contractors and/or firms for Engineering, Procurements and Construction of The 70 MW Olkaria 1 Additional Unit 6 Geothermal...

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Project on Nevis in the Caribbean has started well testing and monitoring

In a release, Texas-based Thermal Energy Partners LLC (TEP) through its affiliate, NRE International (NREI) announced today, that testing has begun to measure wellhead “shut-in” pressure data, casing...

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Tesla, the electric car for the masses fuelled by geothermal

With the much anticipated launch event for the new Model 3, Tesla made quite the splash yesterday. Now less then 24 hours later, the company has received more than 130,000 reservations with a $1,000...

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