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Contact to produce food-grade CO2 from Ohaaki geothermal plant, NZ

Ohaaki Geothermal plant of Contact Energy, NZ (source: SmokeySteve, commons.wikimedia.org)Contact Energy (Contact) has developed a way to capture the small amou…

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Croatia Approves Eur 30 Million Grant for Geothermal Research

View over Zagreb, Croatia (source: flickr/ Rudy Balasko, creative commons)Croatia’s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has approved the alloc…

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Ngawha Becomes New Zealand's First Zero-Carbon Geothermal Power Station

Ngawha 3 geothermal power plant, New Zealand (source: Top Energy)The Ngawha Geothermal Power Station has become the first geothermal power plant in New Zealand …

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Pertamina Earmarks $550 Million Budget for 1 GW Geothermal Capacity Target

Lumut Balai geothermal plant, Indonesia (source: WIKA)Indonesia’s state-owned geothermal developer and operator PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) is p…

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Emmering, Germany Approves Exploration for Geothermal Resources

Emmering in Bavaria, Germany (source: Sharon Hahn Darlin / flickr, Creative Commons)Geothermal initiatives in the State of Bavaria in Germany continue with the …

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Geothermal Power Boosts Kengen Profit to 48% Yoy Growth

KenGen's newest 83MW geothermal power plant, Olkaria I Unit 6 (source: KenGen)State-owned electricity company KenGen has reported a 48% growth in profit aft…

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Taipower Inaugurates Renze Geothermal Power Plant in Yilan County, Taiwan

Inauguration of the Renze geothermal power plant in Yilan County, Taiwan (source: Taipower)State-owned electricity company Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) has inaug…

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EDC Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Tongonan Geothermal Field, Philippines

40th anniversary of the Tongonan geothermal power plant by the Energy Development Corporation in the Philippines.The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recent…

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Italy Set to Approve Decree to Extend Geothermal Concessions

Programmatic Declaration of Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to the Chamber of Deputies (source: YouTube screenshot / Palazzo Chigi YouTube channel)The Gover…

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Ormat Acquires Geothermal Assets in Utah, Nevada, and California

Stillwater hybrid geothermal-solar plant, Nevada (source: Enel, video screenshot)Ormat Technologies, Inc. (Ormat) has announced that it has entered into a purch…

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Geothermal Evaluation of Kootenay Lake in BC, Canada Progresses to Next Phase

The evaluation of the geothermal potential at Kootenay Lake enters a new phase (source: Geoscience BC)Geoscience BC is funding new research into the geothermal …

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Salak Binary Geothermal Power Plant in Indonesia Targets Cod by End of 2023

Salak geothermal power plant, Indonesia (source: BCPG)PT Barito Renewables Energy (BREN) through subsidiary Star Energy Geothermal is targeting the is aiming fo…

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Ignis Energy Awarded Three Geothermal Exploration Licenses in Bingöl, Türkiye

Karl?ova district, Bingöl, Turkiye (source: JeotermalHaberler)Ignis Enerji Üretim A.S. (Ignis Energy) has been awarded three geothermal resource explo…

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Greenpeace Activists Scale Tower of Bulgarian Coal-Fired Plant, Demanding Its Closure

Activists from Greenpeace paint the word "CRIME" on the 50-metres cooling tower of "Maritza 3" thermal power plant during a protest in Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria, O…

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Geothermal Projects and Research in Bavaria Lauded in Praxisforum Event

Dr. Jochen Schneider, Christopher Schifflechner, Jorg Uhde, Felix Borchert, Dr. Christian Pletl during the 2023 Praxisforum Geothermie Bayern (source: Tiefe Geo…