Geothermal Plants Articles & Analysis

The European Geothermal Energy Council is delighted to announce that the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2025 has been awarded to EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg for its pioneering CASCADE project, an innovative approach to lithium extraction from geothermal brines. The EGIA award, recognises outstanding companies that have made outstanding contributions towards the ...

By European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)

Geotherm-FORMA has released a report on the recent market developments in geothermal technologies and the outlook for the market in 2030. In the executive summary of this report, Geothermal-FORMA states that due to the war in Ukraine and the high level of inflation in the European economy (leading to higher interest rater and lower building construction and renovation rates), the energy ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The GeoSmart project, a groundbreaking initiative funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, officially concludes today. This marks a significant achievement in the transition towards sustainable energy systems in Europe. The project has successfully developed technologies, such as the GeoSmart flexible power plants, to become highly adaptable energy ...

By European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)

Quaise Energy, the company unlocking terawatt-scale geothermal, announced today the closing of a $21 Million Series A1 financing round led by Prelude Ventures and Safar Partners. Mitsubishi Corporation and Standard Investments are among several new investors participating in the round. This latest funding will enhance the company’s field operations and strengthen its supply chain position, ...

By Quaise Energy

Quaise Energy, a company seeking to unlock terawatt-scale geothermal, announced this week the closing of a $21 Million Series A1 financing round led by Prelude Ventures and Safar Partners. Mitsubishi Corporation and Standard Investments are among several new investors participating in the round. This latest funding will enhance the company’s field operations and strengthen its supply chain ...

By Smart Grid Observer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Quaise Energy, the company unlocking terawatt-scale geothermal, announced today the closing of a $21 Million Series A1 financing round led by Prelude Ventures and Safar Partners. Mitsubishi Corporation and Standard Investments are among several new investors participating in the round. This latest funding will enhance the company’s field operations and strengthen ...

By Quaise Energy

KS Orka Renewables Pty Ltd (KS Orka), via subsidiary PT Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power (PT SMGP), has announced the start of commercial operations of the 50-MW Sorik Marapi Unit 4 geothermal power plant in North Sumatra, Indonesia. With the acceptance of the Unit Rated Capacity Test for Sorik Marapi Unit 4, it officially commenced commercial operation on December 16, 2023 and is now ready to ...

By ThinkGeoEnergy Ltd.

PT Geo Dipa Energi (Persero) and Kopjasa Ahli Teknosa (KKT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a collaboration to develop ta geothermal project in the North Patuha area in Bandung Regency, Java, Indonesia. The MOU was signed by Ilen Kardani, Geo Dipa’s Director of Exploration and Commercial Development, and Hermawati Parinduri, Director of KKT, at the KKT Office in Jakarta. ...

By ThinkGeoEnergy Ltd.

Exergy International (Exergy) has signed a contract for the supply of an 8-MW geothermal binary power plant to Emirler Enerji Elektrik Uretim A.S. for the Emirler 1 Unit 2 geothermal power plant in Saraykoy in the Denizli region of Türkiye. “We are honored to include Emirler Enerji among our partners, with whom we want to create long-term synergies and provide services that can ...

By ThinkGeoEnergy Ltd.

Carbfix’s new pilot CCS plant at ON Power’s geothermal plant at Nesjavellir, Iceland is now operational and injection of CO2 and H2S has started at the site. This is a result of significant research and development carried out within the EU Horizon2020 project GECO to further improve the Carbfix technology. The captured CO2 is injected into the basaltic subsurface at the Nesjavellir injection ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Geothermal energy—literally “heat from the Earth”—may be hard to see, but thanks to increasing public interest and outreach it is not hidden anymore. While geothermal power plants have delivered renewable power for more than 100 years, recent research and advancements have shown that geothermal is more than a 24/7 clean power source. “Geothermal is a triple resource: an energy source for heating, ...

By Smart Grid Observer

To help enable and accelerate the integration of new renewable electricity resources onto the grid, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) has published a draft of its first-ever 20-Year Transmission Outlook. The long-range blueprint for the interconnected high-voltage system was developed at the same time as the ISO's customary annual 10-year Transmission planning process. "There is a ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The U.S. Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) announced this week that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published its much-anticipated 2021 U.S. Geothermal Power Production and District Heating Market Report, which highlights areas where the geothermal power sector is primed for technological innovation. The report identifies significant opportunities for ...

By Smart Grid Observer

This year the winner of the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2021 is ENGIE Solutions with its innovative multidrains boreholes well architecture. This project, developed by ENGIE Solutions and built with Antea Group and other partners, can almost double the productivity of a geothermal reservoir. The multidrains technology has been designed for a new geothermal district ...

By European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)

On power has been chosen as one of the six exceptional nominees of the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Awards 2021 with “Geothermal Park” project. The Geothermal Park is an innovative geothermal eco-industrial park located in Iceland. It is connected to the Hellisheidi geothermal combined heat and power plant, one of the largest geothermal plants in the world. ...

By European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has requested approval of five energy storage projects totaling 423 megawatts (MW), in a filing with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The projects are intended to further integrate clean energy from renewable generation sources while ensuring future reliability of the electric system. "PG&E is deeply committed to the California ...

By Smart Grid Observer

EDA Renováveis have awarded Iceland Drilling Company (IDC) a new drilling contract on the Azores, for drilling geothermal wells on the islands of Sao Miguel and Terceira. This is the result following an open tender in the European Area, where the company participated in competition with two other European drilling companies. The project involves drilling for nine (9) geothermal wells, with ...

By Iceland Drilling Company Ltd. (IDC)

100 percent green electricity at the entire exhibition center in Riem, Munich A saving of 6,400 tonnes of CO2 per year Messe München is a forerunner in matters of sustainability As from January 2020, Messe München is changing over completely to electricity that’s produced purely regeneratively and is thus taking a further step in carbon-neutral action. In recent years, more ...

By Messe München GmbH

Operators and tech companies are combining drones with artificial intelligence to provide faster, more-detailed plant inspections and earlier preventative actions, sector experts told New Energy Update. As solar operators continue to seek operational savings amid intense market competition, drone technology is set to have a major impact on PV and wind costs in the coming years. The ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for this year’s GRC Awards. The awards recognize distinguished colleagues in the geothermal community from around the world and have been a highlight of the geothermal calendar since the late 1970’s. The winners will be honored at the GRC Annual Meeting & Expo in Reno, Nevada, USA from October ...

By Geothermal Resources Council (GRC)