Nouvelles

Swedish technology supplier Climeon, with its low-temperature heat power generation technology, has won a prestigious technology innovation award in Japan, besides companies like Tesla and Alstom that also received awards. It was particularly highlighted the role it can play utilising lower heat geothermal resources for power generation.

The international research project Geco - exploring zero-emission geothermal energy production - is combining 17 European partners in Iceland, Italy, Turkey, and Germany.

A recent International Seminar on Hot Springs and Climate Health Tourism was held in BeiBei, Chongqing, China, bringing together e3xperts to discuss opportunities presented by geothermal energy for tourism.

Two international consortia's have sent in bids for the construction of a 5 MW pilot plant for the potentially 100 MW geothermal power project at Laguna Colorada in the Andes, Bolivia.

3S Kale has brought its first geothermal power plant online in Aydin, Turkey. This new plant adds 25 MW in geothermal power generation capacity to Turkey.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved around $1 billion in resources to be deployed for climate financing, including $100 million in funding for the Indonesia Geothermal Risk Mitigation Project by the World Bank.

The power utility NV Energy in the State of Nevada in the U.S. has issued a request for proposals for up to 350 MW in renewable energy projects and supplemental battery energy storage systems, including geothermal power projects.

Researchers of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology have received funding to explore hydraulic fracturing to expand the utilisation of geothermal energy.

As part of European Interreg Caribbean programme funding is provided for geothermal pre-feasibility studies on the islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Kitts, and on electricity and digital interconnection with the establishment of a partnership between the islands integrated into the network.

The 7th African Rift Geothermal Conference (ARGeo) will be taking place 29 October to 4 November 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. The full program has now been published in the third circular document.