A round-up of this week's geothermal energy news.......
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Monday, August 21
USA, California: Calpine Sold to Private Equity Firm - Private equity firm Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of investors struck a deal to buy U.S. power generator Calpine Corp. for $5.6 billion in cash.
Indonesia: Study Reveals Potential 329 MW of Geothermal Energy on Bali - Geothermal resources were recorded in three different sites.
Global: $15,000 in Geothermal Energy Scholarship Awards Announced by GRC - The scholarships will be presented at the GRC Annual Meeting, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, from October 1 - 4.
Tuesday, August 22
United Kingdom: Tender Issued for Drilling Management Services for United Downs Geothermal Project - To assist with the drilling phase of the United Downs Deep Geothermal project in Cornwall, Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) has launched a Tender for drilling management services.
Wednesday, August 23
Turkey: 99.5 MW Kızıldere III Geothermal Power Plant Unit 1 Now Operational - Turkish energy company Zorlu Enerji's first unit of the Kızıldere III geothermal power plant in Denizli in southwest Turkey has become operational.
USA, Nevada: MOU Signed on Joint Lithium Extraction and Geothermal Power Project - As a result of this MOU, GDA and Dajin will share exploration data with the ultimate aim of supporting the development of a Lithium brine extraction facility as well as developing a geothermal plant for electrical generation and the production of direct-use thermal water.
United Arab Emirates: Potential for 1,000 MW of Geothermal Energy - UAE Professor - UAE University research team looked at geothermal sites in Al Ain and Ras Al Khaimah to gauge potential for electricity generation.
USA, California: Ormat to Begin Flow and Injection Test at Mammoth Lakes Geothermal Field - The purpose of the flow and injection test is to allow Ormat to collect data needed to determine the potential production and injection capabilities of the two wells and their potential contribution to the overall geothermal energy production strategy in the area.
Thursday, August 24
USA: DOE Grid Reliability Report Does Not Include Geothermal Energy - The report mentions geothermal just 8 times and states "Other technologies that have traditionally operated as baseload include geothermal and biomass power plants. However, those technologies represent a relatively small portion of total U.S. electricity generation; while valuable for the grid reliability services they provide, they are not covered in this report."
New Zealand: 25 MW Extension of Ngawha Geothermal Power Plant to Go Ahead - Plans to triple the output of Ngawha power station and make the Far North an energy exporter have crossed another hurdle with the granting of final resource consents.
Friday, August 25
USA: National Renewable Energy Laboratory Provides New Electricity Generation Data - The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2017 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB), updating a key source of reliable electricity generation technology cost and performance data used to support and inform electric sector analysis in the United States.
Canada: New Geothermal Energy Research Center in Québec - With the new open laboratory for geothermal energy, professor Jasmin Raymond of The National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) Centre Eau Terre Environnement will have new experimental capabilities to investigate solutions that reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
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