A round-up of this week's international geothermal energy news.......
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GRC Annual Meeting 2019 - Call for Papers Issued
The GRC has issued a call for papers for the world’s biggest annual geothermal energy conference taking place September 15-18, 2019, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California, USA. The deadline for submission is Friday, March 15th, 2019. More Information..........
Tuesday, January 22
USA, California: San Francisco Community Choice Aggregator Contracts for Geothermal Energy from The Geysers - Agency officials said they have made some investments in renewable energy, including contracts with Geysers Geothermal in Sonoma.
Wednesday, January 23
USA, Nevada: Employment Opportunity as Staff Geophysicist at Ormat - This position is responsible for modeling subsurface rock properties using geological, geophysical, and drilling data.
Thursday, January 24
USA: Energy Information Agency Projects Over 8,000 MW Geothermal Energy by 2050 - In projecting generation from geothermal energy the report estimates a 3.9% increase in capacity from 2018-2050.
Indonesia: Green Climate Fund Approves USD 100 Million to Finance Public and Private Sector Geothermal Development - The full project facility will mobilise USD 760 million to support exploration and resource confirmation for 1GW to 1.5 GW geothermal energy. This translates to 187-281 million tCO2eq mitigated over the lifetime of the generating assets.
Africa: African Development Bank Group Announces Investment in Renewable Energy Including Geothermal - ARPF projects will focus on mature technologies including wind, solar PV, small to medium hydro, geothermal and biomass.
Friday, January 25
Science & Technology: Method for Laser-Assisted Mechanical Drilling in Hard Rock Could Boost Geothermal Exploration - The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT has therefore, together with partners in the research project "LaserJetDrilling", developed a method for laser-assisted mechanical drilling in hard rock and has successfully tested it in field trials.
Kenya: Naivasha Flower Grower Uses Geothermal Heat to Win International Accolade - The company has the world’s largest geothermal heating project for maintaining temperature in its greenhouses and for injecting vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) needed to stimulate healthy, strong plant growth.
St. Lucia: Project Manager Needed for Geothermal Energy Project - The proposed Project objective is to support the Government of Saint Lucia to assess the viability of harnessing indigenous renewable energy resources, in particular geothermal energy.
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