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Canada Starts Up First Geothermal ‘Co-Production’ Power Project at Active Legacy Oil Field

May 2, 2023 admin Alberta, Business, Canada, engineering, eor, Fuel, full coverage, futera power, geothermal, geothermal power, hydrocarbon fluids, International, news, oil field, orc, razor energy, Renewables, Technology

Credit 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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EGS, AGS, and Supercritical Geothermal Systems: What’s the Difference?

April 4, 2023 admin ags, Business, csp, drilling, egs, engineering, full coverage, geothermal, hybrid geothermal, irena, news, notebook, nrel, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology

Credit 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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Startups Are Shaking Up Geothermal Power’s Prospects

April 3, 2023 admin Business, drilling, eavor, engineering, full coverage, geothermal, geothermal power, hydrogen, innovation, Markets, news, power, Power Demand, renewable energy, Renewables, Research and Development, startups, systems, Technology

Credit 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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Indonesia Begins Carbon Trading Program for Coal-Fired Power Plants

February 23, 2023 admin biomass, Business, carbon trading, Coal, geothermal, indonesia, news, Nuclear, renewable energy

Credit 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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Kenya Gearing Up to Build 35-MW Geothermal Power Plant at Menengai Steam Field

February 10, 2023 admin Business, full coverage, gdc, geothermal, kengen, Kenya, menengai, news, olkaria, Renewables, Technology

Credit 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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DOE Dedicates Funding for Up to Seven EGS Geothermal Pilot Demonstrations

February 9, 2023 admin Business, DOE, drilling, earthshot, egs, full coverage, geothermal, hot rock, news, Renewables, Research and Development

Credit 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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The POWER Interview: Sphera Exec Talks Supply Chain Solutions

January 6, 2023 admin Coal, covid-19, emissions, esg, geothermal, ghg, Hydro, Interview, natural gas, optimization, pandemic, Renewables, Solar, sphera, supply chains, sustainability, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:31:40 +0000

Several executives in the power generation space weighed in for POWER’s recent report on supply chain issues in the sector. Sourcing of equipment also was a hot topic in POWER’s 2023 forecast for the industry. It’s no surprise. The power sector is not exempt from the problems that have impacted business and industry worldwide, from […]

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The 12 Most-Read POWER Global Monitor Articles of 2022

December 27, 2022 admin Australia, China, climate change, Coal, energy security, Environmental, floating solar, full coverage, Gas, geothermal, gwec, holtec, hybrid power, Hydro, hydrogen, iea, International, Japan, Morocco, news, Nuclear, O&M, offshore wind, Portugal, power, Renewables, Research and Development, snf, Solar, Spent nuclear fuel, Sweden, Technology, thorium, Water, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:27:11 +0000

Every month, POWER magazine publishes several articles in its Global Monitor section covering topics important to the electric power generation industry. The articles typically feature interesting updates on progress made at notable projects around the world, big policy changes, or promising research and development (R&D) news. Short notes about major contracts are also touched on […]

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Mitsubishi Power Will Build New Geothermal for Indonesia

December 5, 2022 admin geothermal, indonesia, International, lumut balai, mitsubishi power, power, Renewables

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:39:08 +0000

Mitsubishi Power is expanding its geothermal infrastructure in Indonesia. The company has received an order from PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), a subsidiary of the state-owned oil and gas group PT Pertamina, for construction of a 55-MW unit at the Lumut Balai Unit 2 geothermal power station. The order is for a steam turbine, generator, […]

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Hybrids Combine Technologies to Enhance Electricity Production

December 2, 2022 admin capstone, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, energy shares, Energy Storage, engineering, Fuel, geothermal, hybrid, hybrid power, Hydro, microgrid, news, power, psixe, Research and Development, Solar, Technology, vpp, Wind, yokogawa

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:16:00 +0000

Solar + wind, solar + storage, wind + storage—even fossil fuels combined with renewable energy—are supporting the growth of hybrid power plants that are breaking the norms of traditional power generation

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