Geothermal

ADB Provides $250 Million Loan for Geothermal Energy

Friday, 23 March 2018 REM The Asian Development Bank will provide a total of $250 million (€202.4 million) in loans to Iceland’s Arctic Green Energy Corporation and Sinopec Green Energy Geothermal Company Limited to expand ...

JICA Provides Loan for Kenyan Geothermal Plant Upgrade

Monday, 19 March 2018 REM The Japan International Cooperation Agency has agreed to loan the Government of the Republic of Kenya in Nairobi a Japanese ODA loan of up to 10.077 billion yen ($95 million) for the Olkaria I Units 1, ...

Danish Investment Fund Partners with German Geothermal Developer

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 REM Deutsche ErdWärme and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, on behalf of the fund Copenhagen Infrastructure III K/S, have entered into a partnership regarding the development of a portfolio of geothermal ...

Major Study on Geothermal Potential Gets Underway in May

Friday, 23 February 2018 REM New Zealand’s GNS Science. providers of earth, geoscience and isotope research and consultancy services, has secured funding to begin a six-month project that aims to identify the areas of greatest potential ...

Climeon Wins Geothermal Order in Germany

Monday, 19 February 2018 Dan McCue Swedish company, Climeon, has received its first major order for a geothermal power plant in Germany. On November 29, 2017, Climeon entered a LOI with Geoenergie Kirchweidach and now GEK has decided to ...

EXERGY Signs Contract with GCL ND ENERGY for Geothermal Plant

Thursday, 15 February 2018 REM

EXERGY has added a new geothermal project to its portfolio. The Italian company recently signed a new contract in Turkey with GCL ND ENERGY for a 12.6 MWe geothermal power plant.

Iceland Geothermal Conference to be Held in April

Tuesday, 13 February 2018 REM The 4th Iceland Geothermal Conference will be hosted at the Harpa Conference Center in Reykjavík, Iceland, April 24-27, 2018. The conference offers an in-depth discussion of the barriers that hinder ...

Jubilee Pool Geothermal Drilling Begins

Monday, 05 February 2018 REM The first stage of plans to heat a section of Jubilee Pool in Penzance, England, using geothermal energy has begun. Drilling of a 1.4km deep geothermal well has started which will enable visitors to enjoy ...

EGEC announces top five nominations for European geothermal award

Friday, 02 February 2018 Robin Whitlock

The European Geothermal Energy Council has announced the five endorsed nominations for the European Geothermal Innovation Award 2018.

Kenya

AGIL to drill its first geothermal well in Longonot, Kenya

Thursday, 01 February 2018 Robin Whitlock

African Geothermal International Limited will drill its first well in June this year after five years of delays.