Thermal power

Geothermal Power Project

Arctic Green Energy and Sinopec to Go Global With Joint Venture

Signing of expanded agreement between Sinopec and Arctic Green Energy (source: Arctic Green Energy)Arctic Green Energy and Sinopec have announced that their joi…

Geothermal Drilling

Vulcan Energy Granted New Exploration License in Frankfurt Region, Germany

Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt Airport, Germany (source: Kiefer. from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (…

Geothermal Power Plant

ISTAK Starts Work on Expansion of Svartsengi Geothermal Plant, Iceland

Students visiting the Svartsengi geothermal plant in Iceland (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)Icelandic construction company ISTAK has started work on the new power stat…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Cleanco Seeks 400MW of "Innovative" Storage and Generation at Swanbank

Queensland’s CleanCo is looking for another 400 megawatts (MW) of storage and energy generation technologies for the former coal power plant site at Swanb…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

New Mexico's Largest Utility to Return $115 Million to Customers Who Paid After Coal Plant Closed

FILE - The sun sets behind Shiprock Mountain, a pumpjack and the San Juan Generating Station, Nov. 8, 2004, near Farmington, N.M. New Mexico utility regulators …

Carbon Capture

TVA Exploring Carbon Capture Feasibility for Two Gas-Fired Power Plants

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is poised to study the feasibility of retrofitting two gas-fired power plants—a combined capacity of 1.8 GW—in Mississipp…

Geothermal Power Project

IGA Signs Cooperation Agreement for Geothermal Development in Henan Province, China

The Zhongu Wanjiang Zero Carbon Energy Project in Zhongmu County, Henan Province, China (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)The International Geothermal Association (IGA) h…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Michael Bloomberg Pumps $500 Million Into Bid to Close All Us Coal Plants

Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks during a meeting with Earthshot prize winners and finalists at the Glasgow Science Center during the UN Climat…

Geothermal Power Project

Geothermal and Lithium Firm Arverne Going IPO in France

Drilling rig of Arverne Drilling on a winter day (source: company)Reported from France today, geothermal and lithium group Arverne, created by former oil compan…

Geothermal Power Project

Mercury Announces Plans for 50 MW NGA Tamariki Geothermal Plant Expansion

Ngatamariki geothermal power plant by Mercury, Taupo/ NZ (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)In an investor presentation today, New Zealand power company Mercury announced …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China's Huge Coal Plant Building Has Weird Climate Logic: Russell

China is building two-thirds of the coal-fired electricity generation capacity currently under construction globally, and this may not be as disastrous for the …

Geothermal Power Project

China Sets World's 1st Geothermal Industry Standard

This photo taken on April 6, 2023 shows a view of Yangyi geothermal power station in Damxung County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. [Ph…

Geothermal Power Project

Geothermal developer Hita sees Lithium option in Belgium

Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium (source: flickr/ Russ Bowling, creative commons)The geothermal company Hita, a spin-off of the Belgian research organisation Vito rep…

Geothermal Power Plant

Indonesian Geothermal Giant PT Barito Renewables Prepares $228 M IPO on Local Stock Exchange

Salak geothermal power plant, Indonesia (source: BCPG)Indonesian PT Barito Renewables energy Tbk is preparing an IPO on the Indonesian stock exchange, joining f…

Geothermal Power Project

WGC2023 in Beijing, China Highlights Global Geothermal Growth and Potential

The opening ceremony of the World Geothermal Congress 2023 in Beijing, ChinaThe 7th World Geothermal Congress (WGC2023), hosted by China Petrochemical Corporati…