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Friday, August 30, 2019

Geothermal Energy News from Around the World

Global Geothermal News - Weekly Update (Geothermal Resources Council)


A round-up of this week's international geothermal energy news.......

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September 15-18
Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California, USA.


Monday, August 26
USA, Hawaii: Islands Seek to Procure 900 MW of Renewable Energy - For Hawaii Island, additional renewable generation is sought even assuming the Puna Geothermal Venture plant returns to service and the Hu Honua biomass plant comes online as planned.

Philippines: Rehabilitation of Tiwi and MakBan Geothermal Power Plants Continues - “We have started looking at rehabilitating some wells in Tiwi. I think we’re already seeing some of the output of the (steamfield). It’s 12 wells, 50 megawatts. We signed that contract,” he said.

USA, Nevada: Solar Augmented Geothermal Energy Project Seeks PUC Approval- “RenewGeo” is an attempt to meld geothermal energy with large-scale solar — essentially using created solar power and “storing” it by pumping heat into the ground into old or unusable geothermal wells, where it can then be used on a controlled, regular basis to produce carbon-free, renewable energy.

Tuesday, August 27
Canada: Successful Share Issue Raises Funds for Saskatchewan Geothermal Power Project- DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. has announced that a $5,000,000 private placement closed on August 20th, over subscribed to total $5,190,000. Flow and Built up Test at Estevan Geothermal Power Project is Underway.

Wednesday, August 28
Chile: Construction of New 33 MW Addition to Cerro Pabellon Geothermal Plant Begins- Geotermica del Norte SA, a joint venture (JV) between Enel Green Power Chile and Chilean state-owned oil company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo SA (ENAP), has initiated the construction of a third generating unit at the Cerro Pabellon geothermal power plant to add 33 MW of new capacity.

USA: Employment Opportunity as Program Manager for GTO’s Hydrothermal Resources and Low Temperature & Co-produced Resources Program Areas - Location: Washington, D.C. or Golden, CO. Pay scale & grade: GS-15 Salary $137,849 to $166,500 per year. Announcement closes: 09/03/2019.

Germany: Voting for International Geothermal Association Board Ends September 30 - The election for the International Geothermal Association (IGA) Board of Directors started 30 June 2019 and will run until 30 September 2019.

Thursday, August 29
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis: Schlumberger to Install Wells at Nevis Geothermal Power Project - Nevis Renewable Energy International, Inc. (NREI) announced today that it has selected Schlumberger Integrated Drilling Services to install the geothermal production and injection wells for the Nevis Geothermal Project.

Friday, August 30
Geothermal Education: GRC Announces Seven Scholarship Awards - The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is pleased to announce the recipients of seven GRC Scholarship Awards.

Europe: Geothermal News from EGEC - The EGEC Newsletter July/August 2019 - The Voice of Geothermal in Europe.




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