Geothermal News

A geothermal heating and cooling company that began in a “moonshot factory” started by Google became its own company on July 6.  Dandelion Energy Inc. is the name of the stand-alone company coming out of Google’s Alphabet Moonshot Factory. The factory, formerly known as Google X, is an innovation engine that incubates new technical and scientific projects ...

Jul. 14, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Registration is now open for the biggest annual geothermal event of the year. The GRC Annual Meeting & GEA GeoExpo+ will bring together geothermal companies, academics, financiers, policy leaders, students, and other individuals to attend or exhibit at the event, to be held from October 1-4 at the Salt ...

Jul. 6, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

A new screening tool to assess the potential seismic risks (earthquake activity) from deep geothermal energy projects has been outlined in a recent study. The tool provides categories of seismicity risk for projects, which are dependent on factors including geological aspects, as well as social concern and location in relation to urban areas. The development of a range of low-carbon technologies ...

Jun. 15, 2017

By European Commission, Environment DG

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) would like to remind the global geothermal community to make their 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 deadline for nominations is Friday, June 16. The ...

Jun. 5, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced more details of events at the biggest geothermal energy conference of the year at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.   In addition to the main event of the GRC Annual Meeting & Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) GeoExpo+ taking place October 1-4, 2017, there will be two workshops before the ...

May 18, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

Energy consumption in Africa is the lowest in the world, and per capita consumption has barely changed since 2000 shows a new Atlas released by the UN Environment and African Development Bank at the World Economic Forum being held in Durban, South Africa. Current energy production in Africa is insufficient to meet demand. About a third of the total African population still lacks access to ...

May 9, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

From 03.-06. April the Swiss section of the IAPWS (International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam) hosted the first “International Conference on Film Forming Amines and Products” in Lucerne, Switzerland. More than 80 participants from 20 countries were presenting and discussing the application of film forming amines mainly in power plants, but also in the growing ...

May 2, 2017

By Kurita

As natural gas costs continue to rise, many homeowners are looking for alternative heating and cooling options. Geothermal HVAC is gaining in popularity, and for good reason. Geothermal drilling uses the natural properties of the earth to create clean, renewable heating and cooling for residential homes and businesses, alike. ...

Apr. 25, 2017

By National Cattlemen`s Beef Association

A training course in deep geothermal systems is being organised by the Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics of the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland). The course includes 4 modules of 5 days each between September 2017 and March 2018 in Neuchatel. The participants include scientists and engineers from the fields of earth sciences and energy. The main objective of this course is to ...

Apr. 3, 2017

By EGEC - European Geothermal Energy Council

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 Awards Luncheon, the climax to the GRC Annual ...

Apr. 3, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that the first unit of the Sarulla geothermal power plant, one of the world's largest power plants, located in Indonesia's North Sumatra, has commenced commercial operation. The approximately 110 MW power plant, which combines flash and binary technologies to provide a high efficiency power plant and 100% ...

Mar. 21, 2017

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

enOware GmbH received the European Geothermal Innovation Award 2017 during the opening session of GeoTHERM exhibition and Congress 2017 in Offenburg, Germany. The award was given for their miniaturised sensor which allows to professionally plan, monitor and measure near-surface geothermal probes. Commenting on the award, Ruggero Bertani, Enel Green Power, President of EGEC and member of the jury ...

Feb. 15, 2017

By EGEC - European Geothermal Energy Council

The five endorsed nominations for this year’s European Geothermal Innovation Award are, in alphabetical order: enOware GmbH(Germany), for the measurement systems to plan, monitor and measure near-surface geothermal probes; HakaGerodur AG(Switzerland), for the pressure-resistant borehole heat exchanger (BHE) for difficult geological ...

Feb. 3, 2017

By EGEC - European Geothermal Energy Council

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has welcomed Maria Richards as the 26th President of the global geothermal energy organization, succeeding Paul Brophy. Maria Richards is the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Geothermal Laboratory Coordinator in the Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences in Dallas, Texas.  Her research is on geothermal resources and ...

Jan. 26, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has issued a call for papers for the world’s biggest geothermal conference of the year taking place October 1-4, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA at the Salt Palace Convention Center.  Themed “Geothermal Energy - Power to do More” the 41st GRC Annual Meeting will reflect the world-wide availability of a clean, dependable renewable ...

Jan. 19, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The deep geothermal ETIP was launched in March 2016. Since then, a provisional Steering Committee of the deep geothermal ETIP manages the technology platform and its working groups. The Geothermal ETIP is an open stakeholder group, including representatives from industry, academia, research centres, and sectoral associations, covering the entire deep geothermal energy exploration, production and ...

Jan. 16, 2017

By EGEC - European Geothermal Energy Council

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that its subsidiary, Ormat Nevada Inc., concluded and signed a $36 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with a subsidiary of Cyrq Energy, Inc. (Cyrq). Under the EPC contract, Ormat will provide one air-cooled ORMAT ENERGY CONVERTER (OEC) at Cyrq’s Soda Lake geothermal power project in northern Nevada. The ...

Dec. 6, 2016

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that ORNI 47 LLC successfully issued and sold $92.5 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.03% Senior Secured Notes due 2033. The Senior Secured Notes were issued in a private placement transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and were purchased in total by MEAG, the asset manager ...

Nov. 30, 2016

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that its subsidiary entered into a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to deliver electricity from its Ormesa geothermal complex in Imperial Valley, California beginning November 30, 2017. The SCPPA PPA will supersede Ormesa’s current 30-year Standard Offer Contract No. 4 (SO#4) ...

Nov. 29, 2016

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ormat Nevada Inc. (Ormat), closed a follow-on equity transaction with Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf). Northleaf purchased a 36.75% equity interest in the second phase of the Don A. Campbell power plant for a purchase price of $44.2 million. The 20.5 MW second phase of the Don A. Campbell geothermal ...

Nov. 23, 2016

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.