Global Geothermal News

Chile Aims to Cut Costs with New Renewables Measures   (Windpower Monthly) Chilean president Michelle Bachelet The Chilean government ...

Pertamina to Add 445 MW in Geothermal Capacity   (Jakarta Post) PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy , subsidiary of state-run oil and gas fir...

Southern California Governments Endorse Geothermal for Salton Sea Restoration   (Imperial Valley News) SCAG endorses IID plan for Salton ...

Formal Protest Filed With BLM Against Nevada Fracking Proposal   (News Release) National conservation organization calls for investment i...

Ugandan President Meets with Kenyan Geothermal Company   (Government of Uganda) President Museveni has this afternoon met Directors of G...

Chair of Geothermal Development Company Replaced   (Kenya Today) Simon Gicharu Local media in Kenya is reporting that President Uhuru ...

Ram Power Announces 2014 First Quarter Results   (Financial Content) Ram Power has formed a Mergers and Acquisitions Committee to explore...

Another Geothermal Power Plant Planned for Mindanao   (news.pia.gov.ph) Finnish engineering company shows interest in geothermal energy p...

Geothermal Energy Generates Economic Benefits for China   (English.news.cn) (Courtesy CIA.gov) Geothermal energy could be part of t...

US Senate Blocks ‘Tax Extenders’ Bill   (reNews) Bill includes renewal of the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC)...

U.S. Geothermal's CEO Dennis Gilles on Q1 2014 Results - Earnings Call Transcript   (Seeking Alpha) Thank you for joining today’s ca...

Does Scotland Really Have Geothermal Energy?   (Pint of Science festival) Lecture by Dr Alistair McCay , University of Glasgow Wednesday 2...

Geothermal District Heating Could Alleviate Europe’s Energy Security Crisis   (GEODH) Over 25% of the EU population lives in areas direc...

Salton Sea Energy Stakeholders Meet to Support Geothermal Bill   (Imperial Valley News) Friday, May 16, 2014 at 11:30 a.m.  Imperial Irri...

Petratherm in Rush for $5m   (The Australian) The future of geothermal in Australia will largely rest on the willingness of investors to...

Australian Government Axes Renewable Energy Agency   (ABC Online) The clean energy industry in Australia is voicing dismay over the Gove...

Chile Is Pushing Ahead With A Carbon Tax, Whether The US Likes It Or Not   (Mintpress News) Chile is set to pass South America's firs...

The Red Hot Renewable That Could Incite A Green Power Revolution (ThinkProgress) A geothermal borehole in Iceland. Credit: Flickr/Lydur...

Mt. Apo Geothermal Power Plant IPPAs Bid Out   (BusinessWorld Online Edition) The Philippines Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Manage...

U.S. Geothermal Inc. Reports First Quarter 2014 Results, Confirms 2014 Guidance   (News Release) U.S. Geothermal Inc. announced today it...

Mount Rajabasa Project Receives Exploration Permit (Think GeoEnergy) PT Supreme Energy has finally received a permit for geothermal ex...

Solicitations for Geothermal Energy Programs Geothermal Resource Development Account (California Energy Commission - GRDA) Geothermal Gr...

Fitch Affirms Geysers Company Outlook as Stable - "Geothermal Operations are Excellent"   (Reuters) Rates $31.9 million Geother...

Electricity is Cheaper Due to Geothermal   (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) The cost of power in Kenya is expected to drop by September t...

St Gallen Geothermal Power Project Abandoned   (swissinfo) A plan in eastern Switzerland to supply geothermal electricity from undergrou...

Possible 1,000 MWe Geothermal Energy in Greece   (Capital.gr - News Release) Greece can produce 500 MWe from existing geothermal energy ...

EDC Allots $58 million for Geothermal Projects in Chile   (Business Mirror) Drilling at Mariposa scheduled to begin in late 2015. Phi...

Three Companies Selected To Construct 100 MW Menengai Geothermal Plant   (Ventures Africa) Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) ...

China to Establish National Geothermal Association   (Xinhua) (Courtesy CIA.gov) China is to establish a national association to promo...

US Senate Revives Renewable Energy Tax Breaks   (reNews) The US senate yesterday voted 96 to 3 to advance a ‘tax extenders’ bill, which in...

Skills and Technology Transfer In African Geothermal Webinar   (GeoPower Africa) Thu, May 15, 2014 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM PDT Unlike any ...

Dewhurst Group Showcases its Geothermal Exploration Services The Dewhurst Group (DG) provides very specific services to exclusively suppor...

Biliran Geothermal to Start on Geothermal Power Plant in July   (BusinessWorld Online) Biliran Geothermal, Inc. (BGI) hopes to start con...

Geothermal Debated by Hawaii County Democrats   (Big Island Video News) Hawaii County Democrats debated the removal of a reference to g...

Tenerife's Geothermal Potential (GeoTenerife) ( VIDEO 41:35 Minutes ) Dr Nemesio Pérez, Coordinator of the Canary Island Volc...

GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Geothermal Energy Expo - Mutual Sponsorship Opportunities Your organization has the opportunity for high visi...

Geothermal Power Plants of the Salton Sea   (Mickey Strider Photography) One of a series of beautiful photos of geothermal plants ta...

Borealis Testing Wells for Geothermal Potential in BC   (therockymountaingoat.com) Kinbasket Lake (Courtesy Borealis Geopower) GRC Mem...

Vacancy - Project Leader for Underground Research : Zurich, Switzerland Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland ...

Ormat Technologies Reports 2014 First Quarter Results   (Press Release) Record quarterly revenues in the electricity segment, increa...

Sri Lanka Looks to New Zealand for Geothermal Energy Expertise   (Colombo Gazette) The island nation of Sri Lanka has expressed an intere...

Review of Proposed Dam Accuses Province of Overlooking Geothermal Energy   (The Globe & Mail) British Columbia utility  BC Hydro ha...

GRC Workshop at Indonesia International Geothermal Convention & Exhibition 2014 June 2-3, Jakarta, Indonesia

Rotorua Looks Into Geothermal Spa   (New Zealand Herald) (Courtesy New Zealand Herald) A visiting international spa expert will meet w...

Latest News from the GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Geothermal Energy Expo Latest News from the GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Geothermal ...

Tesla's First Gigafactory Site Will Break Ground Next Month   (Forbes) California is back in the running for battery factory that wou...

U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Geothermal Amendment (News Release) Amendment would modify the Energy Policy Act of 2005’s definition...

GeoTenerife Hosts Energy Sustainability Conference at Royal Automobile Club (Intercooler) Dr. Nemesio Pérez gave a talk on the geothermal...

Big Questions: US Executives Ponder Current and Future US Renewable Energy Development (Renewable Energy World.com) Utilities are putting ...

Geothermal Experts to Speak at ARMA Workshop (Itasca Consulting Group) Sunday June 1, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM Commons Hotel, Minnea...