WING interview with Kelly Blake Fujii of the Navy Geothermal Program Office
In our series of interviews with women of WING (Women in Geothermal), we are here publishing an interview with Kelly Blake Fujii on being a team player. Kelly Blake Fujii is a geologist for the Navy...
View ArticlePertamina Geothermal exceeds self-set geothermal production targets
In a release, Indonesian PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), a subsidiary of state-owned energy company PT Pertamina announces having exceeded self-set targets for geothermal power generation in the...
View ArticleState of Utah seeing new geothermal push and hopes for more development
Having reported on an upcoming geothermal lease sale to be held in connection with the currently held GRC Annual Meeting and GEA GEOEXPO+, there was an announcement that next year’s meeting will...
View ArticleExergy signs new contract for 24 MW geothermal project in Turkey
In a release today, Italian ORC supplier EXERGY announces having signed a new contract for the delivery of a geothermal power plant in Turkey. With the contract the company continues its growth in the...
View ArticlePLN hopeful to be successful in bid for two assets in Chevron geothermal sale
The sale of geothermal assets of Chevron in Indonesia and the Philippines, continues to make news in Indonesia. As we have reported before, there is a sale of geothermal assets in Indonesia, of which...
View ArticleEurope-Mexico geothermal project receives $11m EU funding
Under a EUR 200 million funding package for 40 transport and energy project as part of the Horizon 2020 program by the European Union, a joint project by European and Mexican consortiums receives $11.1...
View ArticleTNG Energy Services access Japanese market with new partnership agreement
In a release today, Bakersville California-based TNG Enterprises Inc. (“TNG”) announced “that it has signed an agreement with Geothermal Energy Research and Development Co. Ltd (“GERD”), a Japanese...
View ArticleNew cooperation agreement signed for geothermal development in Serbia
NIS a Serbian energy company and Betec a geothermal development firm in Belgrade have signed a Co-Operation Agreement on developing Geothermal energy in Serbia, as announced by the partners today....
View ArticleDOE GT to issue funding for geothermal deep direct use feasibility studies
Announced during the opening session at the GRC Annual Meeting this week in Sacramento, California, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the...
View ArticleGovernment of Dominica to go ahead alone on geothermal project
As reported by local news, the Prime Minister of the Caribbean island state of Dominica has announced that it plans to go ahead alone on its plans for the development of a geothermal power plant....
View ArticleCooperation of Caribbean states needed for regional geothermal development
Reported from Antigua, the Prime Minister of St Maarten has called for “joint development” of geothermal energy in the Caribbean, as many states look for ways to reducing their dependence on fossil...
View ArticlePilot study demonstrating airborne MT data for geothermal exploration in BC
Geoscience BC in British Columbia/ Canada has released results of a pilot study which demonstrates the use of publicly-available regional airborne magnetic data as a geothermal exploration prospecting...
View ArticleAboitiz Power very keen on acquiring Chevron’s geothermal assets
Philippines-based Aboitiz Equity Ventures, parent company to Aboitiz Power Corp. is very keen on acquiring the geothermal assets of Chevron in the Philippines and Indonesia. This is reported locally...
View ArticleIndonesia’s untapped potential for geothermal by-products
At the recently held international workshop “Geothermal Technology and Business 2016”, held at the University of Indonesia in Depok earlier this week, a presentation focused on the opportunities for...
View ArticleConstruction starts on 12 MW expansion of Maibarara geothermal project
At the groundbreaking of the 12 MW second phase development of the Maibarara geothermal project in Sto Tomas, Batangas in the Philippines, the developer Maibarara Geothermal reports that it sees an...
View ArticleLithium production from geothermal brine – soon reality at the Salton Sea?
Over the years we have been reporting on the ambitious plans of extracting Lithium from geothermal brine at the Salton Sea. A very hyped up company called Simbol Materials was very close to it, with a...
View ArticleDeep Drilling Project now with deepest well ever drilled in Iceland
Another important milestone has been reached at the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP). The well RN-15/ IDDP-2 has reached a depth of 3,640 meters and is thereby the now deepest borehole in Iceland....
View ArticleBLM successfully leases geothermal land in Nevada and Utah
In conjunction with the GRC Annual Meeting that closed this week in Sacramento, California, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a geothermal lease sale for parcels on federal land in the U.S.. BLM...
View ArticleGeothermal to help Djibouti fuel ever increasing electricity demand
With an ever increasing electricity demand, the country of Djibouti in Africa is looking at ways to build the development of new electricity generation capacity on renewables. This summer we reported...
View ArticleWomen in Geothermal (WING) release 2020 action plan
The Women in Geothermal (WING) have made a splash in recent years, driven by an ambitious group of women that work on promoting the education, professional development, and advancement of women in the...
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