geothermal power system News
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Energent licenses the Variable Phase Turbine technology to Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. for waste heat recovery power systems and geothermal power systems.
Santa Ana, California, July 14, 2014 - Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (“MES”) and Energent Corporation, a member company of Cryogenic Industries, announced a licensing agreement for Energent’s Variable Phase Turbine technology. The Variable Phase Turbine is applied to power production from waste heat and geothermal sources of energy. Additionally the technology ...
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Oregon Institute of Technology Recognized for Increasing its Use of Geothermal and Solar Energy
Today, the Department of Energy recognized the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) for boosting its use of clean energy at the first campus in America to be heated by geothermal energy, achieving a major milestone toward its goal of making all seven schools in the Oregon University System carbon-neutral by 2020. Partially through Energy Department support, the Klamath Falls campus will utilize ...
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DOE announces geothermal research initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces a new collaboration between the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP) to demonstrate low temperature geothermal electrical power generation systems using oilfield fluids produced at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC). The objective of this ...
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Deadline for Yellowstone Geothermal Workshop is this Week
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is recommending early registration for the Yellowstone Geothermal Workshop from June 22-26. Some places are available which are sure to be filled by the deadline of May 22. This year’s GRC Workshop will include a fieldtrip of the major geologic features of Yellowstone Park, the first national park in the world and the site of the greatest ...
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Geothermal Resources Council Announces Yellowstone Workshop
Davis, California, USA - The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is proud to announce another GRC Workshop. This year’s workshop will include a fieldtrip of the major geologic features of Yellowstone Park, the first national park in the world and the site of the greatest concentration of geothermal features on the planet, and discussions of its volcanic history, geochemistry, and hydrology. ...
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Spaces Available at Yellowstone Geothermal Workshop
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is recommending early registration for the Yellowstone Geothermal Workshop from June 22-26. Some places are available which are sure to be filled by the deadline of June 12. This year’s GRCWorkshop will include a fieldtrip of the major geologic features of Yellowstone Park, the first national park in the world and the site of the greatest ...
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Ormat and Toshiba Sign Strategic Collaboration Agreement
Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA) and Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) announced today that the two companies have signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) to develop strategic opportunities for collaboration in the areas of geothermal power generation systems and related equipment. Under the terms of the agreement, the parties will explore and develop strategic opportunities that ...
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Ormat and Toshiba Sign Strategic Collaboration Agreement
Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA) and Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) announced today that the two companies have signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) to develop strategic opportunities for collaboration in the areas of geothermal power generation systems and related equipment. Under the terms of the agreement, the parties will explore and develop strategic opportunities that ...
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U.S. Geothermal Industry Sees Continued Steady Growth in 2012
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) today released its 2013 Annual GEA Industry Update, which found that installed geothermal capacity in the United States grew by 5%, or 147.05 MW, since the last annual survey in March 2012. This considerable increase in capacity is part of a larger trend of steady geothermal growth over the past decade, and can be attributed to seven geothermal projects ...
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Nevada deploys first U.S. Commercial, Grid-Connected Enhanced Geothermal System
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today recognized the nation’s first commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS) project to supply electricity to the grid. Based in Churchill County, Nevada, Ormat Technologies’ Desert Peak 2 EGS project has increased power output of its nearby operating geothermal field by nearly 38 ...
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Geothermal Energy Association Recognizes the National Geothermal Data System
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) announced today the winners of their 2014 GEA Honors, which recognizes companies, projects, and individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the geothermal industry. The winners were selected in categories including Technological Advancement, Economic Development and Environmental Stewardship. Now in its fourth year, GEA also provides ...
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Substantial power generation from domestic geothermal resources, USGS finds
Geothermal power production could significantly add to the electric power generating capacity in the United States. The US Geological Survey assessment released this week is the first national geothermal resource estimate in more than 30 years. The results of this assessment show that the United States has an estimated 9,057 Megawatts-electric (MWe) of power generation potential from domestic, ...
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Drilling progress for the geothermal expansion project on Azores Islands, Portugal
Following mobilization and rig up of our Drillmec HH-220 rig in the Azores, then geothermal drilling operations have started. First well is already finalized successfully and the second already in progress. The geothermal area is in Ribeira Grande on the island of Sao Miguel. Iceland Drilling Company have successfully mobilized their drilling rig which is Drillmec HH-220 from the Island of ...
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Ormat Technologies, Inc. Provides Information on Transaction Involving Shares of Its Parent Entity
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that it has been informed by Ormat Industries, Ltd., its parent entity ("Ormat Industries"), of a transaction by and among Bronicki Investments Ltd. ("BIL"), the controlling shareholder of Ormat Industries, and FIMI ENRG Limited Partnership, a newly formed Israeli partnership and FIMI ENRG, a new formed Delaware partnership, both controlled ...
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Ormat Technologies, Inc. to Host Conference Call Announcing Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Results
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) plans to announce its second quarter 2011 earnings results in a press release that will be issued on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 after the market close. The Company has scheduled a conference call to discuss the results at 10:00 A.M. EDT on Thursday, August 4, 2011. The conference call will be broadcast live as a listen-only webcast. To listen to the call, ...
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NV Energy approves commercial operation date for the McGinness Hills Geothermal Power Plant
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that NV Energy approved the Commercial Operation Date for the 30-MW (net capacity) McGinness Hills geothermal power plant located in Lander County, Nevada. Following the COD approval, the plant is receiving full energy prices from July 1, 2012. About Ormat Technologies Ormat Technologies, Inc. is the only vertically integrated company ...
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Ormat Technologies Receives US$ 310 Million Commitment Letter to Refinance and Expand Its Olkaria III Geothermal Complex in Kenya
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ormat International, Inc., signed a commitment letter issued by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation ("OPIC") to provide project financing of up to $310 million, to refinance and expand Ormat's 48 MW Olkaria III geothermal complex located in Naivasha, Kenya. Under the agreed term sheet attached to the ...
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Ormat Technologies, Inc. Announces Partnership Transaction Of Eight Geothermal Power Plants Valued At Up To $44.4 Million
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that Ormat Nevada Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary (Ormat Nevada), and JPM Capital Corporation (JPM) entered into a tax equity partnership transaction involving eight geothermal power plants in California and Nevada. Under the transaction, Ormat Nevada transferred the plants into a new subsidiary, ORTP, LLC (ORTP), and sold an interest in ...
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Ormat Technologies Signs EPC Contract with Enel Green Power North America for Cove Fort Geothermal Power Plant Project
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ormat Nevada Inc., concluded and signed a $61.4 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Enel Green Power North America. Under the EPC contract, Ormat will provide two air-cooled Ormat Energy Converters at Enel’s Cove Fort geothermal power plant project in southern Utah. As ...
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Ormat Signs Agreement for North American Geothermal Power Plant Project
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that Ormat Nevada Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, was selected to supply a $61.2 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract through a competitive bid process. Under the expected EPC contract, which is currently under negotiation, Ormat will provide two air-cooled Ormat Energy Converters for a geothermal power plant ...
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