A round-up of this week's geothermal energy news.......
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Monday, October 23
Nearly 1,000 Attendees from 35 Countries Gather for Geothermal Energy Event - 41st GRC Annual Meeting & GEA GeoExpo+ Attracts International Geothermal Industry.
Eastern Caribbean: Financing Provided to Support Sustainable Geothermal Development in Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines- Caribbean Development Bank : CDB receives EU funding to support geothermal energy development.
USA: GEA Asks Department of Energy to Consider Geothermal Energy in Proposed Rulemaking - Geothermal is not currently deployed in markets within the scope of the Department of Energy’s proposed rule.
USA, Nevada: Over 19,000 Acres of Geothermal Leases Sold by BLM - All parcels sold for $2 an acre. The largest amount received, $20,472, was from Ormat Nevada Inc. for a 5,078 acre parcel in Esmerelda County.
Tuesday, October 24
Kenya: Chinese Company Gets Three Year Geothermal Exploration License - Chinese company Zhejiang Kaishan Compressor Co. announced Tuesday that it has received a permit to explore and develop geothermal energy in Kenya.
Wednesday, October 25
Switzerland: WWF Argues for Development of Geothermal Energy in Jura - World Wildlife Fund Urges Support for the 5 MW Haute-Sorne deep geothermal project.
Denmark: Geothermal Heat Could Provide all District Heating in Country - Hot water from deep under Denmark will supply more cities with CO2-neutral heat.
Thursday, October 26
Italy: Cornia 2 Geothermal Power Plant Returns to Service After Wildfire - Enel Green Power announces that the "Cornia 2" power plant, located in the Lagoni Rossi area in the municipality of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, is back in operation: on 3 August the cooling towers were destroyed due to a wildfire.
Science & Technology: Talk on Geothermal Energy by Susan Petty - While many renewable energy advocates are harnessing the power of the sun, wind and water, GRC Member Susan Petty prefers to focus on an even more prevalent source – one right under our feet in the Earth’s layers.
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