Geothermal

Geothermal Projects Get Boost from California Energy Commission

Thursday, 14 May 2020 REM The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded nearly $10 million in grants for three geothermal-related projects that will help California meet its 100% clean electricity goal and expand the state’s ...

AfDB Welcomes $10 Million Clean Technology Fund Investment to Diversify Ethiopia’s Energy Mix

Friday, 08 May 2020 REM The African Development Bank has welcomed a decision by the Trust Fund Committee of the Clean Technology Fund, one of two funds within the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), to extend a $10 million concessional ...

Research Helps Transform Coal Mine into Geothermal Heat Source

Thursday, 30 April 2020 REM

Research carried out at Durham University in Durham, England, is being used to transform coal mines into multi-million pound renewable energy systems.

Geothermal Industry Calls for Internal Market for Heat

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 REM EGEC, the voice of the European geothermal industry, has called on the European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen to create a European internal market for heat in an open letter published EGEC’s ...

E.ON to Build Deep Heat Power Plants in Sweden

Thursday, 05 March 2020 REM E.ON, headquartered in Germany, has announced plans to build a geothermal deep-heat power plant in Malmö, Sweden. The boreholes will be drilled five to seven kilometers deep into the ground. The expected ...

Glendale Water & Power Agrees to Purchase Geothermal Energy

Monday, 02 March 2020 REM The Glendale City Council recently adopted a resolution to enter into a set of long-term Power Sales Agreements with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to purchase geothermal energy. ...

SWM Will Take Over Technical Operational Management Of Geothermal Power Plant In Bruck

Thursday, 20 February 2020 REM Silenos Energy is currently building the Bruck geothermal power plant in Garching an der Alz, Germany. With the 125 degree hot thermal water obtained from 3,840 meters of depth, around 36 million kilowatt ...

NREL helps to launch geothermal manufacturing prize

Thursday, 30 January 2020 Robin Whitlock The US National renewable energy Laboratory (NREL) has collaborated with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to launch the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, also known as the Geothermal Prize, ...

Denmark

Aalborg CSP receives order for integrated heat pump system for district heating plant in Denmark

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 Robin Whitlock

Danish renewable energy specialist Aalborg CSP A/S has received a new order for a customised 1.2 MW integrated electrical heat pump system for a district heating system operated Saltum Fjernvarme.

New Initiative Positions Texas as Geothermal Energy Leader

Monday, 09 December 2019 REM With a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Cockrell School of Engineering is launching a unique initiative that aims to make The University of Texas at Austin a national hub for geothermal ...