Geothermal News

SVOFFICE 5/WR integrates the front-end of our acclaimed numerical analysis software with the powerful FEHM Control Volume Finite Element solution engine. Users can leverage SVFLUX WR capabilities such as double porosity / double permeability to simulate realistic and detailed analyses such ...

Apr. 11, 2018

By SoilVision Systems Ltd.

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is announcing the following changes to the 2018 GRC Scholarship Awards: ...

Apr. 2, 2018

By Geothermal Resources Council

The focus of the GRC-LATAM will be geothermal development and support for Latin America, bringing geothermal education and outreach to the region. The main goals for this office will be to expand GRC membership, provide services in Spanish, and support meetings and forums within the ...

Jan. 18, 2018

By Geothermal Resources Council

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) and the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) are excited to announce their unification. Combining the GRC and GEA strengthens the voice of our industry with a single organization devoted to advancing the science, education, and development of renewable geothermal energy resources. Members of both organizations voted on the decision to unify and the ...

Jan. 8, 2018

By Geothermal Resources Council

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is governed by a Board of Directors, elected by the general membership to 2-year terms. To provide continuity, half of the Board is elected every year. All GRC members are eligible for election to the Board of Directors. The global GRC membership took part in the ballot in November, and the result was that four new members of the Board were ...

Dec. 29, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the outstanding technical presentations from the global geothermal energy community for 2017. The selections were made in each of the GRC Technical Sessions held in early October at the 41st GRC Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, the world’s largest annual geothermal energy event. The judging criteria ...

Nov. 13, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), one of the world’s premier geothermal energy associations, reports a successful 41st GRC Annual Meeting & GEA GeoExpo+ from October 1 to 4 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. At the Opening Session, GRC Annual Meeting Chair Joe Moore welcomed the attendees from 35 different countries and introduced an array of speakers from the ...

Oct. 23, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The renewable energy sector is growing fast. Its strength lies in its diversity and its numerous tangible benefits. This infographic explores the different types that are currently in use. Learn more about how they work and how experts determine their efficiency. Renewable energy accounted for a tenth of the total US energy consumption in 2015. Half of this was in the form of electricity. There ...

Sep. 19, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Amateur Geothermal Photo Contest. The purpose of the contest is to showcase quality photography featuring geothermal energy around the world. 1st Place: Northern lights over a well protection dome in Hellisheidi and the Nesjavellir power plant - Bastien Poux, ...

Sep. 18, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

Enel and ENAP inaugurated Cerro Pabellón, which is the first geothermal power plant in South America and the world's first large-scale facility of this kind to be built at 4,500 meters above sea level. The inauguration ceremony, which follows the start of operations at the second of the plant's two 24 MW-units, was opened by Chile's President Michelle Bachelet and attended by Chile's ...

Sep. 14, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Governments have agreed to work together to identify and implement measures that will significantly increase the speed of geothermal energy development around the world, following a milestone meeting between public and private leaders Florence this week. Under the terms of the ‘ ...

Sep. 13, 2017

By ETA Florence - Renewable Energies

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), one of the world’s premier geothermal associations, has announced awards honoring the best and brightest of the global geothermal energy community. These prestigious awards have been a highlight of the geothermal calendar since the late 1970's. The GRC will present the prestigious Aidlin, Pioneer, Henry J Ramey Jr., Ben Holt, and Special ...

Sep. 11, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The annual meeting of the International Association of the Properties of Water and Steam took place in Kyoto, Japan from August 27th to September 1st . Around 100 experts from academia and industry were discussing actual topics related to water and steam. Shintaro Mori from Kurita Water Industries and Dr. Wolfgang Hater from Kurita Europe joined the working group Power Cycle Chemistry (PCC). The ...

Sep. 4, 2017

By Kurita

The project at Patua, about 40 miles east of Reno, has set the solar array side by side with a binary geothermal production plant to take advantage of solar's peak performance periods at times when the geothermal is comparatively less efficient - during the daytime and summer. The combined result provides constant power generation. While not the first, the project is thought to be the biggest of ...

Sep. 1, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Over 1,300 attendees will gather at the world’s largest annual geothermal energy event, the GRC Annual Meeting and GeoExpo+, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah from October 1-4, 2017. Utah Governor Gary Herbert will address the Opening Session of the GRC Annual Meeting on Monday, October 2, and he will be joined by other special guests and energy experts. ...

Aug. 28, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The deadline for early-bird rates for registration for the biggest annual geothermal energy event in the world is August 31. 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 to 4 at the Salt ...

Aug. 24, 2017

By Geothermal Resources Council

The Associated Press reports workers have begun demolishing the twin smokestacks at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.  The smokestacks have become obsolete by the university’s $83 million installation of a ...

Aug. 21, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

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

Uganda’s immense power potential and enormous energy investment opportunities will be in focus when stakeholders and decision makers meet for a strategic two-day conference and showcase during the inaugural Future Energy Uganda in Kampala from 12-13 September 2017. ...

Jun. 27, 2017

By Spintelligent (Pty) Ltd - part of Clarion Events