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The Dutch-Indonesian GEOCAP, geothermal capacity building program has been officially closed with an Open Science Day and a closing ceremony in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Geothermal Development Company (GDC) of Kenya has posted several job openings for individuals wishing to join their Management Team.

The 6th GEOLAC - Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean will take place this year in Santiago/ Chile. The dates are 16-17 July 2019.

The private arm of the World Bank, IFC has announced the commitment of $75 million in investment into AC Energy green bonds for renewable energy development in the Asia Pacific region. While IFC concretely supports here solar and wind projects, one can only hope that geothermal investment will also benefit.

Turkish Ziraat Bank has announced a new loan package being made available to the Turkish greenhouses sector, providing favourable terms with a 7-year payment period, with no payment required for the first two years of the loan. This should provide a great incentive for further development that utilises geothermal energy.

Eden GeoPower a geothermal technology startup from Massachusetts, U.S. is seeking to fill two internship positions for an electrical engineer and a marketing intern.

In an interview, the Nick Goodman, CEO of Cyrq Energy talks about the company's five operating geothermal plants in the U.S. and up to 219 MW of development plans in the U.S. and beyond.

With ongoing mining operations and further development potential, geothermal energy will have to play a crucial part in securing growing energy demand on Flores Island and the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) region of Indonesia. The potential on Flores is around 776 MW.

The local utility EWP in the city of Potsdam in Germany is looking to tap into geothermal energy for district heating with a pilot plant to be completed by 2022.

To work on its ambitious geothermal development targets, Indonesia needs more than 10,000 skilled workers, which a new cooperation of the Indonesian and Dutch government want to target, planning a geothermal study and training program.