Geothermal landmark to be made into national park in New Mexico
Covered widely today across various media outlets in the U.S., the Valles Caldera National Preserve, a beautiful caldera is to become the 17th U.S. national park, if approved. A comment period will end...
View ArticleOrmat continues expansion into energy storage business with recent acquisition
Ormat Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the business and assets of Viridity Energy, Inc., a privately held...
View ArticleWho is attending IRENA Assembly & WFES in Abu Dhabi 14-19 January 2017?
In my role as President of the International Geothermal Association I will be attending the IRENA General Assembly 14-15 January 2017 and the following World Future Energy Summit 16-19 January 2017 in...
View ArticlePhilippines award two new geothermal areas for private development
The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded 10 new areas of development for hydropower and geothermal projects via its open and competitive selection process (OCSP) scheme of contracting....
View ArticlePlans under way to revive the National Geothermal Academy in Reno, Nevada
In a recent interview piece published by the University of Nevada in Reno, the new Director for the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy highlighted her and the center’s projects at the moment. She...
View ArticleNew project to tap 90 degrees Celsius/ 190 F hotspring for power generation
New York City headquartered company Cornerstone Sustainable Energy (“CSE”) announced having “been contracted by the Modoc County Board of Supervisors to supply its PwrCor [TM] engine as part of a...
View ArticleUnder ambitious renewables investment plans China eyes ca $90bn for geothermal
In reports by news outlet Reuters, China is planning a tremendous and ambitious renewable power generation investment program. Under it, the country plans to invest around 2.5 trillion yuan ($361...
View ArticlePGE eyes up to $430 million investment into geothermal in 2017
In connection with the inauguration of three geothermal power plants before the new year, President Director of PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) Irfan Zainuddin revealed a number of projects to be...
View ArticleVideo footage on transport of geothermal turbine to project site in Iceland
In a video, Iceland’s national power company Landsvirkjun provides a look at how the large Fuji Electric turbine and other equipment for the new Theistareykir geothermal power plant project has been...
View ArticleGeothermal development research linking energy production with metal extraction
A research project funded under the EU funding scheme of Horizon 2020 is looking at the development of a combined heat and power plant with metal extraction built in from the very beginning. The...
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Hawaii geothermal potential could cover more than half of the state power demand
In its Annual Report, the Energy Resources Coordinator for the state of Hawaii, highlights Hawaii’s clean energy progress in the last 12 months and how the Hawaii State Energy Office is creating policy...
View ArticleSuccessful short course on geothermal exploration & development held in Kenya
A recent short course under the UN Sustainable Development Goals program was held in Naivasha, Kenya, as reported by the UN University Geothermal Training Program. The Short Course I on Exploration and...
View Article2017 starts with new record for geothermal energy production in Tuscany, Italy
As reported by Enel Green Power, geothermal energy production in Tuscany, Italy has reached yet another record in the past year of 2016. With 34 geothermal power plants in operation in the region in...
View ArticleChina highlighting the tremendous role of geothermal heating for the country
In a recent interview following the publication of China’s 5-year energy plan, Liang Zhipeng, Deputy Director of New Energy at China’s National Energy Administration talked about geothermal energy, its...
View ArticleVideo: geothermal energy production on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea
In a some kind of flashback post, here a great video showing the geothermal power plant of Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea … and how it is changing lives on the island. The video was shared some 5...
View ArticleIndonesia maintains ambitious 2025 geothermal development goal of 9,500 MW
Visiting the Kamojang geothermal area this week, Indonesia’s Deputy Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arcandra Tahar said that it is still hopeful to reach the goal of 9,500 MW in...
View ArticleUS firm hopes to be first utilising CO2 as working fluid for geothermal power...
A U.S. firm is developing a technology that would be utilising CO2 emissions to power a geothermal power plant. TerraCOH has a patent on a technology, that would essentially using CO2 as working fluid...
View ArticleSupreme Energy to start 80 MW Muara Laboh geothermal project this year
In news report by Rambu Energy in Indonesia, PT Supreme Energy is set to be targeting the start of construction fo the 80 MW Muara Laboh geothermal power plant project later this. The project located...
View ArticleVideo: Introduction to Latin America Geothermal Development Fund
The Geothermal Development Fund, set up by German Development Bank KfW and administered by U.S. based Dewhurst Group is planned to spur geothermal development in Latin America. In a video, below, the...
View ArticleReflecting on the geothermal year of 2016 on ThinkGeoEnergy
The year of 2016 went by way too fast and we are already more than a week into the new year. In this post I am trying to briefly highlight a few developments and statistics of the year on...
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