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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

France: Second Well Completed at Cachan Geothermal District Heating Project

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Subhorizontal Geothermal Well Architecture - A Proven Concept A second subhorizontal well successfully completed and tested at Cachan  (Pa...

El Salvador: Opportunity to Visit Different Types of Geothermal Plant

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Visit Geothermal Plants in El Salvador  (Columbian Geothermal Association - AGEOCOL) 3-7 June, 2018

Indonesia: Employment Opportunity at West Sumatra Geothermal Power Project

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Vacancies at Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project  (LinkedIn) Supreme Energy Indonesia , a pioneer of Geothermal exploration & Devel...

USA, Washington: Four to Five, 1,600-Foot-Deep Wells to be Drilled in Exploring for Potential Geothermal Power Plants

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Washington volcanoes could become power plants  (KING5.com) Could Washington generate electrical power from the Earth’s heat near its v...

Science & Technology: Patent Awarded for Method for Producing Power from Two Geothermal Heat Sources

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Method and apparatus for producing power from two geothermal heat sources (USPTO) United States Patent #9,920,749 - Awarded March 20, 201...

Philippines: Bacman Geothermal Power Plant Can Supply less than 1 MW to Customers

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Renewable energy for all Filipinos  (Manila Bulletin) Jay Joel L. Soriano, Energy Development Corporation 's business unit head fo...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Geothermal Event - Call for Abstracts

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GRC Annual Meeting 2018 - Call for Abstracts Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting will be held Oct. 14-17 in Reno, Nevada, USA.  Th...

USA, Utah: Video on Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy Site at Milford

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FORGE: Exploring Utah's Potential for Enhanced Geothermal Systems - Part Two (Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development) Part T...

Indonesia: Important Regional Geothermal Energy Conference in Jakarta

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6th Indonesia International Geothermal Convention and Exhibition (IIGCE) 5-8 September 2018, Jakarta Convention Center, Indonesia Th...

St. Kitts and Nevis: Testing Measures Well Temperature Readings of Over 400 Degrees F at Nevis Geothermal Power Project

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Geothermal Test Well Confirms Sustainable Reservoir Of Geothermal Energy On Nevis  (Nevis Pages) Update: Over the weekend the team reporte...

Kenya: Consultants Confirm 105 MW Resource at Menengai Geothermal Power Project

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Consultant Assures CS of Menengai Steam Availability For 105 MW  (GDC Blog) Consultants from West Japan Engineering Consultants (West Je...

USA, California: Community Choice Energy Summit Offers Opportunities for Geothermal Energy

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Community Choice Energy Summit April 24 - 26, 2018, La Jolla, California With dozens of LA County, beach, inland and desert cities at...

Indonesia: Chinese Company to Jointly Develop Simbolon-Samosir Geothermal Project

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Kaishan to jointly Develops Simbolon-Samosir geothermal project  (News Release) Zhejiang Kaishan Compressor Co Ltd has announced that ...

St. Lucia: Public Consultations Inform On Geothermal Power Project

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No geothermal plant in Saint Lucia! . . . yet  (The Star Newspaper) (Courtesy The Star Newspaper) Panorama Environmental, Inc. of ...

Kenya: JICA Loan to Rehabilitate 51 MW at Olkaria I Geothermal Power Plant

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Kenya looks into large-scale geothermal power generation  (ESI Africa) The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a lo...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Algeria: Geothermal Heat Helps Grow Zucchinis in the Desert

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First batch of zucchinis from the Touggourt geothermal complex  (horti daily) The first batch of “Gloria" zucchinis, out of the geo...

Switzerland: Overview of European Geothermal Phd Days Conference

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European Geothermal Phd Day 2018 in Zurich  (Blog Post) By Martin Bloemendal, KWR Watercycle Research Institute Every year Phd st...

Iceland: Construction of New 5 MW Bjarnarflag Geothermal Power Plant Begins

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Construction at Bjarnarflag project in Iceland under way (Green Energy Geothermal International) Bjarnarflag geothermal power plant (...

Germany: Heat from Bavarian Geothermal Power Plant Boosts Tomato Production

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Acreage of Strabena tomato doubled  (FreshPlaza) Through the use of geothermal energy, vegetable producer Steiner has been distinguish...

Kenya: Japan Funds Rehab of Olkaria Geothermal Power Plants

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Government signs a loan agreement with Japan  (Hivisasa) Olkaria III flow test, by Patrick Walsh. Active flow test during construction...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

USA, Nevada: Video from Fallon FORGE Project

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Fallon FORGE Educational & Partnership Video  (Sandia Energy & Climate) The FORGE project (Frontier Observatory for Research i...

United Kingdom: Thanks to Geothermal Energy "Penzance is going to get its own Blue Lagoon!"

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Penzance lido to be heated by geothermal energy  (BBC News) Work has begun to create the first lido in the UK to be heated by geotherma...

Science & Technology: Swedish Renewable Energy Company Explains Geothermal Energy Business in Video

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Climeon's clean technology and geothermal energy  (Climeon AB) Geothermal power can revolutionize the way we see renewable electric...

USA, Nevada: 45 MW McGinness Hills Geothermal Expansion to be Completed by Year End

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Ormat to expand Austin geothermal complex  (Elko Daily) McGinness Hills Geothermal Power Plant (GRC Fieldtrip 2015 - Photo by Ian Cra...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

USA: Future Bright for Renewable Energy Financing Legislation

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Stars aligning for MLP Parity Act, says key Republican senator  (Recharge) The ability for US renewables companies to qualify as master li...

USA, Massachusetts: GRC Members Have Plans to Repurpose Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells for Geothermal Energy

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Eden GeoPower: The Future of Geothermal Energy  (Greentown Labs) One of the major obstacles to geothermal power is high costs associat...

Turkey: Turcas Petrol Commits to Geothermal Energy Development

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Turcas Petrol to double geothermal capacity in mid term  (Anadolu Agency) (Courtesy Turcas Petrol AS) Turkish company  Turcas Petr...

Iceland: Geothermal Energy as a Tourist Attraction

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How geothermal energy is powering tourism in Iceland  (Business Destinations) Hellisheiði Power Plant in Iceland serves as a window for th...

USA, California: Public Scoping Period for Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Will Close March 22

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BLM Begins Scoping Process to Consider Amendments to Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan  (environmentguru.com) The public scoping p...

Geothermal Event! - Make Sure of an Expo Booth Now!

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GRC Annual Meeting & Expo 2018 - Exhibitor Registration Now Open! Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting will be held Oct. 14-17 ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

USA: Renewable Energy Groups Express Concern Over DOE Budget Cuts

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Letter from ACORE and other Renewable Energy Groups The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and other renewable energy groups...

Geothermal Event - Call for Abstracts

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GRC Annual Meeting 2018 - Call for Abstracts Issued Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting will be held Oct. 14-17 in Reno, Nevada, U...

United Kingdom: Conference to Discuss Advances in Soft Stimulation Methods in Enhanced Geothermal Systems

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DESTRESS Mid-Term Conference 5 April, Glasgow, United Kingdom Everyone interested in soft treatments in boreholes is invited to join t...

United Kingdom: Decommissioned Oil or Gas Platforms Could be Repurposed to Produce Geothermal Energy

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Geothermal power: an alternate role for redundant North Sea platforms?  (Offshore Magazine) Natural energy source could also enhance oi...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Germany: Presentations from Asia Geothermal Symposium Now Available

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Asia Symposium (Wikipedia Commons) On the 28th of February 2018, the I nternational Geothermal Association (IGA) together with the In...

Science & Technology: Discovery of Liquid Water Deep in Earth's Mantle has Implications for Geothermal Models

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There Is Liquid Water Over 400 Miles Below Earth’s Surface  (Motherboard) A new type of ice found in diamonds suggests pockets of liquid w...

USA: Lithium and Other Minerals Sourced from Geothermal Brine are Critical to the Nation’s Security and Economic Prosperity

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The Importance of Minerals  (The White House) On December, 20, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13817, A Federal Strate...

Philippines: 12 MW Maibarara Geothermal Power Plant Unit II Connected to Grid

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Maibarara Geothermal puts power plant online  (Business Mirror) Maibarara Geothermal Inc. (MGI) successfully commissioned last week ...

Commonwealth of Dominica: More Funding for 7 MW Geothermal Power Project

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Word Bank to fund geothermal project in Dominica  (NationNews) The World Bank says it will provide  more than US$17 million towards th...

Taiwan: Geothermal Power Project to Go Ahead in Yilan County

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CPC, Taipower to develop geothermal energy in Yilan  (Taipei Times) CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) and Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) ...

USA, California: Geysers Geothermal Association Spring Dinner

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GGA Spring Dinner Thursday, March 15, 2018,  Charlie’s Restaurant , 1320 19th Hole Drive, Windsor CA, 6:30 pm. Guest Speaker:   Henr...

USA, California: Legal Settlement Promises to Open Up Geothermal Energy Development around Salton Sea

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IID, CAISO settlement promotes local renewable energy development  (News Release) Imperial Irrigation District (IID) and the Califor...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Science & Technology: Gas Permeability up to Five Times Higher than Water Permeability in Basalts and Andesites

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Permeability of volcanic rocks to gas and water  (Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research) Laboratory experiments indicate that g...

Science & Technology: Designing Geothermal Drill Bits for Extreme Temperatures

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Engineering Bits for Drilling Down Close to the Magma  (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Cutters showing the wear from two drilling ru...

USA, California: Invitation to Comment on Changes to Statewide Geothermal Regulations

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Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources - Statewide Geothermal Regulations Notice of Public Workshop / Notice of Public Comment Pe...

Ethiopia: Tender to Supply Drilling Rigs for Aluto Langano Geothermal Power Project

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Invitation for Bids - Drilling Rigs and Accessories for Aluto Geothermal Power Project  (Ethiopian Electric Power) Bids must be delivered ...