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Large Hydro Station Wins POWER’s Highest Honor, 21 Additional Outstanding Projects Recognized in 2022

December 1, 2022 admin biomass, c&i, Coal, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, full coverage, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, hydropower, International, natural gas, news, Nuclear, plant of the year, power, Renewables, Smart Grid, Solar, Technology, top plant, Water, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:10:00 +0000

It’s always difficult to select winners from the field of nominations submitted to POWER for its annual awards, and this year was no exception. The Wudongde Hydropower Station was the big winner, while

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POWER Digest [November 2022]

October 31, 2022 admin belgium nuclear, Business, chile, Coal, doel 3, enel, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, hydropower, indonesia, International, kepco, lng, news, Nuclear, Petra Nova, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:09:00 +0000

JX Nippon Acquires NRG’s Share of Petra Nova Carbon Capture Plant for $3.6 Million. ENEOS Group, a Japanese energy and non-ferrous metals business group that owns JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration, will

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Can Power Plant Wastewater Be Valuable?

October 3, 2022 admin algae, biofuels, biomass, Business, Coal, desalination, Fuel, full coverage, geothermal, International, lithium extraction, me2c, news, rare earth elements, Research and Development, Technology, trends, waste to energy, Wastewater, wastewater heat, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000

The rise and rapid adoption of the circular economy—a systems solution framework that seeks to keep materials, products, and services in circulation for as long as possible—is triggering an interesting

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DOE’s Latest Energy Earthshot Will Tackle Technical, Economic Challenges for Enhanced Geothermal Systems

September 10, 2022 admin Business, DOE, earthshot, egs, engineering, enhanced geothermal, Fuel, full coverage, geothermal, news, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 14:19:52 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE)’s latest Energy Earthshot will seek to cut the cost of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) to $45/MWh by 2035, an ambitious goal that would shave current EGS costs by 90%. The DOE’s latest Energy Earthshot—part of a 2021-research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) initiative it launched to accelerate breakthroughs for emerging technologies—will […]

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Iceland Geothermal Station Energizes an Entire Economy

September 1, 2022 admin district heating, geothermal, ICELAND, resource park, svartsengi, top plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:18:00 +0000

The Svartsengi plant in Iceland has operated for decades, and continues to build its legacy as the facility’s electricity generation and hot water support new businesses and provide a remarkable example of

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CAISO’s First Geothermal Plant in 30 Years Comes Online

August 25, 2022 admin binary generating units, Business, caiso, California, full coverage, geothermal, news, orc, ormat, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:46:30 +0000

The first geothermal power plant built in more than three decades within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority has come online. Mammoth Pacific Geothermal, an Ormat Co. subsidiary, declared the 30-MW Casa Diablo IV (CD4) commercially operational on July 20. CD4 is located on public land two miles east of the Town of […]

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Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change

August 16, 2022 admin biden, biomass, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, inflation reduction act, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas, Nuclear, offshore wind, renewable energy, Solar, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:08:48 +0000

President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should provide further impetus for growth of U.S. renewable energy, coming on the heels of a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that installations of solar and wind power accounted for more than two-thirds of new domestic utility-scale generation in the first six months […]

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Geothermal: Tapping Into the Million-Year Energy Source Below Our Feet

July 6, 2022 admin clean power, geothermal, geothermal energy, mit, quaise energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 02:10:10 +0000

MIT spinout Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells made from the deepest holes in the world. By Zach Winn | MIT News Office

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Iceland National Power Company Details New Carbon Capture Project

June 28, 2022 admin carbfix, Carbon Capture, carbon dioxide, geothermal, hellisheiði, hydrofen sulfide, ICELAND, landsvirkjun, mannvit, theistareykir

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:27:37 +0000

Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, on June 28 announced it intends to capture and reinject carbon dioxide (CO2) from Þeistareykir (Theistareykir) Geothermal Station, and at the same time reduce CO2 emissions from Krafla Power Station through enhanced well management efforts at that site. Construction of the project, called Koldís, is expected to begin […]

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Large-Scale Enhanced Geothermal System Trial Successfully Completed

June 21, 2022 admin Business, DOE, egs, enhanced geothermal systems, full coverage, geothermal, geothermal drilling, hot dry rock, news, Research and Development, Technology, university of utah, utah forge

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:33:40 +0000

A federally backed effort to advance enhanced geothermal system (EGS) technologies in Utah marked a significant milestone with successful completion of its first large-scale 10-day simulation in a deep-deviated well. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), which is sited near the town of Milford on the […]

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