geothermal project News
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Geothermal project in Gauting, Germany presses on despite funding uncertainty
The Asto Group intends to continue with the geothermal project being developed in the municipality of Gauting in Bavaria, Germany, despite the cancellation of federal funding for such projects. “We don’t stop anything,” said Dr. Bernd Schulte-Middelich, Head of Geothermal at Asto Group. “We are in the middle of things, we are on schedule and we are not thinking about ...
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Geo Dipa, KKT to collaborate on North Patuha geothermal project, Indonesia
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. ...
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European Geothermal Research and Innovation Search Engine (EGRISE)
ETIP-Geothermal proudly unveils the European Geothermal Research & Innovation Search Engine (EGRISE). With more than 10.000 publications/tools available, the EGRISE v2.0 enables the discovery of research products (e.g. project deliverables, papers, datasets) produced in EU-funded geothermal projects and by the whole geothermal community worldwide. This empowered version of EGRISE, developed ...
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Media Mentions: Think Geoenergy
Think Geoenergy has posted a new story about the Department of Energy’s road trip to visit the FORGE sites. Here’s the link to Roadtrip to the candidates for the FORGE geothermal research project in the ...
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New Training Course in Deep Geothermal Systems in Switzerland
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 train ...
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Ormat Announces Start of Construction of the 35 MW Platanares Geothermal Project in Honduras
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) announced today that its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary has commenced construction of the 35 MW Platanares geothermal project in Honduras. In 2013, Ormat signed a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) contract for the Geotérmica Platanares geothermal project in Honduras with ELCOSA, a privately owned Honduran energy company, for approximately 15 years ...
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2023 Retrospective – The ThinkGeoEnergy geothermal interviews series
The ThinkGeoEnergy 2023 Retrospective series is our way of looking back into the year that was, taking stock of our milestones as a media and research organization for the geothermal industry. While we have been conducting in-depth interviews for the past several years, we made a more concerted effort in 2023 to engage more frequently geothermal developers and service providers. Through these ...
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Ormat Technologies, Inc. to develop a geothermal project in Honduras
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that an Ormat subsidiary entered into an agreement with Geotérmica Platanares to acquire a late stage development geothermal project in Honduras. The project comprises of the rights to a field where exploration work has been conducted in the past and a Power Purchase Agreement for up to 35MW with the national utility of Honduras, ENEE. ...
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The Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2024: Inspiring Geothermal Innovations
At EGEC, we continue celebrating the innovation and excellence of the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award (EGIA) 2024 awardee, Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH, along with the four finalists. The video titled “The Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2024: Inspiring Geothermal Innovations” showcases the journey of the winner and finalists, providing ...
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Ormat Technologies Secures $36 Million Supply & EPC Contracts for a Geothermal Power Plant in New Zealand
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that one of its subsidiaries has signed a $36 million Supply, Engineering, Procurement and Construction, (EPC) contracts, with Eastland Group for the Te Ahi O Maui geothermal project located near Kawerau, New Zealand. The construction of the project is expected to be completed in 2018. Under the Supply & EPC contracts, Ormat will provide ...
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Ormat Signs a $98.8 Million EPC Contract for Geothermal Project in Chile
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Orandina I S.p.A., was selected through a competitive bid process and signed a $98.8 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a geothermal project in Chile. Under the EPC contract, Ormat will provide two air-cooled ORMAT® ENERGY CONVERTER (OEC) for a high enthalpy reservoir. The ...
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Ormat Signs a $98.8 Million EPC Contract for Geothermal Project in Chile
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Orandina I S.p.A., was selected through a competitive bid process and signed a $98.8 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a geothermal project in Chile. Under the EPC contract, Ormat will provide two air-cooled ORMAT® ENERGY CONVERTER (OEC) for a high enthalpy reservoir. The ...
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Visit us at the Bend Fall Festival
AltaRock staff will be available in the Conscious Living Showcase area of the Bend Fall Festival on October 3 and 4. Come by our booth to chat about the geothermal energy research and development taking place at Newberry Volcano including the new Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) project. We look forward to seeing you ...
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Ormat Completes Acquisition of Platanares Geothermal Project in Honduras
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, completed the acquisition of the Geotérmica Platanares geothermal project in Honduras from ELCOSA, a privately owned Honduran energy company, upon satisfaction of the required conditions precedent . Ormat will hold the assets under a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) structure for approximately ...
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Meet us at GeoTherm in March 2020 in Offenburg
We wish to inform you that representatives from Iceland Drilling Company will be attending as visitors the upcoming GeoTherm conference in Offenburg, Germany 5-6th of March 2020 If you will attend GeoTherm as well, we would greatly appreciate the opportunity to meet with you during the conference. It would be interesting to learn about your current activities and future plans in the ...
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Shinsei planning $2bn of loans for clean energy in Japan
Shinsei Bank is planning to provide up to 200 billion yen (US$2 billion) in loans for clean energy projects in Japan. The bank is a lender for Goldman Sachs Group and is one of a group of lenders who are increasing their investments in renewable energy projects after the Japanese government introduced an incentive programme two years ago. The bank helped finance a 40-megawatt (MW) solar-power ...
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Solar, geothermal projects touted at Vegas summit
Solar projects in the desert, geothermal power in the mountains and wind energy off the East Coast were cited as examples of progress from top U.S. officials and industry leaders during a green energy conference on Tuesday in Las Vegas. But nuclear power nearly stole the show after a federal court in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission violated federal law by failing ...
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Innovative ADB Loan to Help Unlock Indonesia’s Clean Energy Potential
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a loan of up to $50 million, supported by the Clean Technology Fund, to share risks with the private sector during the project development and exploration phase of the Rantau Dedap geothermal project in Indonesia. “This innovative loan demonstrates the depth of ADB support for deploying clean energy technologies that can significantly displace ...
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Work starts on Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya
Aurecon has been appointed as owner’s engineer by the project company, Kinangop Wind Park Ltd (KWP), for the construction phase of the 60.8 megawatt wind farm in Kenya’s Kinangop region. This project has African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) as the majority owner. The project has reached Financial Close and commissioning is expected to occur in mid-2015. The wind farm ...
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Drilling Project Starting in Montserrat
Drilling Project Starting in Montserrat Iceland Drilling Company has reached an agreement with DFID (Department for International Development) for a geothermal drilling project in the Caribbean Island, Montserrat. The drilling contract was signed on 8th of April 2016. The project involves drilling the 3rd geothermal well, but in the year 2013 two exploration wells were drilled giving around 2 ...
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