Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:37:14 +0000
Italian power and gas giant Enel Group has agreed to sell its entire geothermal power portfolio in the U.S., along with several small solar plants, to Ormat Technologies for $271 […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 22:02:00 +0000
Extreme temperature and weather events have become more prevalent in the past decade. The December 2022 Christmas freeze in the southeast U.S. saw many areas experiencing single-digit temperatures. The February […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Igor Kocis| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:31:34 +0000
In the common global quest for sustainable and renewable energy sources, traditional oil and gas producers are beginning to focus on alternative sources. Geothermal is emerging as one of the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:34 +0000
KEPCO Wants to Extend Operations of Two Reactors. Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) in April asked Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for permission to extend the lifespan of Units 3
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:16:45 +0000
A pioneering 21-MW power project that economically produces geothermal power with co-produced hydrocarbon fluids from an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operation is now commercially operating in Alberta, Canada
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:52:20 +0000
The spectrum of geothermal technologies is quickly evolving. This supplement to POWER’s April 2023 feature, “Startups Are Shaking Up Geothermal Power’s Potential,” briefly explains the differences between some engineered geothermal systems. Conventional geothermal energy is largely produced by hydrothermal systems, which consist of hot water circulated in deep-seated permeable rocks. Resource temperature ranges from high (greater […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:13:00 +0000
Driven by ripe market conditions, technology startups are injecting investment and innovation into geothermal power to unlock novel applications that could substantially scale up the niche renewable power
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:25:58 +0000
Indonesia’s efforts to decarbonize the country’s power generation sector took a major step on Feb. 22 as the government launched the first phase of mandatory carbon trading for coal-fired power plants. Officials in the capital of Jakarta have said they want to increase electricity production from renewable energy resources and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:59:52 +0000
Kenya is readying to kick off construction of the 35-MW Menengai geothermal power project in Nakuru County as part of the first phase of the wider Menengai complex, the country’s second large-scale geothermal field developed after Olkaria. The project is being developed by Globeleq, an Africa-focused independent power producer and project developer that is 70% […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:41:05 +0000
The Department of Energy has moved to fund up to seven pilot enhanced geothermal system (EGS) projects to demonstrate different geologic settings, a variety of development techniques, and different well orientations. The U.S. agency on Feb. 8 announced up to $74 million to support the EGS pilots, for which the November 2021–enacted Infrastructure Act designates […]
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