Breaking news: Ayala Corp and Star Energy buying Chevron assets in Indonesia...
As reported by Reuters this morning, it seems a decision has been made who acquires the geothermal assets of Chevron in Indonesia and the Philippines. In the reports it is said that a group of...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from ThinkGeoEnergy
It is this time of the year again, while not celebrated in all corners of the world, the holidays are still a time to take a break, spend time with family or friends and reflect on the last year. With...
View ArticlePertamina Geothermal expects to nearly double geothermal capacity by 2021
In Indonesia’s Investor Daily, Director for Upstream of Pertamina, Syamsu Alam was quoted that Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) expects to increase installed geothermal power generation capacity at...
View ArticleStar Energy shortlisted for Gunung Hamiding geothermal working area, Indonesia
Announced last week, Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry (EBTK) has shortlisted PT Star Energy Geothermal Indonesia to develop the Gunung Hamiding (Mount Hamiding) geothermal working area...
View ArticleNew hot dry rock geothermal resources found in Shandong, China
In a country in much need of renewable energy fuelled heating and power generation, geothermal energy is particularly looked at to help supply clean heating sources in China. So news about newly found...
View ArticleWING interview with Kasumi Yasukawa of Japan’s Geological Survey
In continuation of our series of interviews with the various ambassadors of Women in Geothermal (WING), we here feature an interview with Kasumi Yasukawa from the Geological Survey of Japan (AIST) and...
View ArticleTNG and MB Century report first wellhead repair using GWERT in New Zealand
In a release, TNG Enterprises Inc. and Century Drilling & Energy Services (NZ) Ltd (“MB Century”), report having completed a wellhead repair using TNG’s proprietary rigless wellhead repair...
View ArticleThree interesting geothermal internship positions with Statoil in Norway
Norwegian energy and oil giant Statoil is seeking to fill three interesting internship positions. Three summer interns shall work in a project group to investigate a concept for offshore production of...
View ArticleWorkshop: High-Temp. and Corrosion in Drilling and Production, Geothermal and...
A joint workshop by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) on High-Temperature and Corrosion in Drilling and Production – Exploring Geothermal and Oil and...
View ArticleOrmat monetizing federal tax incentives for five geothermal plants in Nevada
In a release before the holidays, Ormat Technologies, Inc. “announced that Ormat Nevada Inc. (Ormat Nevada), and ORPD LLC (ORPD), through OrLeaf LLC, a jointly established new subsidiary, entered into...
View ArticleLegal proceedings continued over failed geothermal tender in Hawaii
Over the past few years, there have been several news regarding potential new geothermal development in the State of Hawaii in the U.S., but with no real progress. Following a rather controversial...
View ArticleGeothermal district heating could become reality in Stoke-on-Trent by 2019
A joint project by the city of Stoke-on-Trent in the UK, and private developer GT Energy continuing development of a geothermal district heating network. As part of the project – so local news – about...
View ArticlePresident Joko Widodo of Indonesia inaugurates three geothermal plants by...
Earlier this week, the President of Indonesia, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated three geothermal power plants by state-owned Pertamina Geothermal Energy. The plants represent an investment of more than...
View ArticleIDB supports early geothermal exploration efforts in Dominican Republic,...
As part of a study, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), French and Dominican geologists and geochemists recently conducted water and rock surveys in 20 areas of the Dominican Republic...
View ArticleEnel Green Power wins auction for 20 MW geothermal project in Tuscany, Italy
The Energy Agency of Italy, Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) release a list of projects that won offtake contracts in a renewable energy auction for up to 870 MW of power generation capacity. The...
View ArticleDrilling succesfully completed for geothermal district heating project in...
The drilling campaign for the geothermal district heating project in the municipalities of Grigny and Viry-Chatillon, in the vicinity of Paris, has been successfully completed by the developer Societe...
View ArticleNew Energy Events interview with Chris McCormick on the Latin American...
In a recently published interview with Chris McCormick, the Chief Investment Officer of the Geothermal Development Facility for Latin America, New Energy Events aimed to better understand the details...
View ArticleNew approach on pushing private & public geothermal development in Chile...
A workshop on geothermal development in Chile was recently held in Santiago/ Chile. Attended by representatives of the Division of Renewable Energies of the Ministry of Energy, ACHEGEO.AG, Geothermal...
View ArticleUNU-GTP geothermal workshop graduating 30 specialists from Latin America
The United Nations University Geothermal Training Program (UNU-GTP) graduated 30 geothermal specialists. Participants included students from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and El...
View ArticleChile’s first geothermal power plant to start operation early 2017
Construction of the geothermal power plant of Cerro Pabellon by Enel Green Power is progressing in Chile. Despite geothermal development pretty much stalled in the country, things are progressing on...
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