Turkey: Renewable Energy Support Scheme Subsidizes Geothermal Facilities at $0.105 kWh

Turkey gets 38 bln TL for 2019 clean energy generation (Anadolu Agency)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

Turkey’s clean energy generation received around 38.04 billion Turkish liras in incentive payments in 2019 through the Renewable Energy Support Scheme (YEKDEM), according to Turkey’s Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data on Tuesday.

Turkey, which wants to fully utilize local and renewable energy sources efficiently to support its development, offers feed-in tariffs for renewable energy plants such as wind, hydropower, geothermal, biomass and solar through the YEKDEM scheme.

Renewable energy plants under the scheme are granted incentives based on their energy sources.

In 2019, a total of 777 facilities with an installed capacity of 20,921 megawatts received financial backing under YEKDEM and produced 76.67 million megawatt-hours of electricity.

The scheme, which started in 2011, supports wind and hydropower plants at a cost of $0.073 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), geothermal facilities at $0.105 kWh, and solar and biomass plants at $0.133 kWh. These figures can also vary slightly depending on the use of locally produced equipment.

In 2020, Turkey aims to generate 82.5 billion kWh of electricity with the help of YEKDEM, from 818 plants with a total installed capacity of 21,877 megawatts.

Turkey plans to end this renewable incentive scheme by 2020, and is working on a more updated and more efficient replacement.

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Canada: Second Well Completed at Estevan Geothermal Power Project

DEEP Earth Energy Continues Geothermal Work (DiscoverWeyburn)

Kirsten Marcia, the CEO of
DEEP Earth Energy
Working with Weyburn’s Panther Drilling, DEEP Earth Energy is continuing work on their geothermal project here in southeast Saskatchewan. Based near Torquay, they are working on a smaller scale project to be able to show the feasibility of a geothermal power generation station in Saskatchewan. To help accomplish that, the company recently drilled the deepest well in Saskatchewan.
“We just completed our second well in our winter program, and we’ll be starting up our third well shortly here,” explained Kirsten Marcia, the CEO of DEEP Earth Energy. She pointed out that they are working to get as much of the drilling done ahead of the spring break-up as possible, so they can get detailed data that will help them with their banking feasibility study. This is needed to help secure the funding for the construction of a full-scale facility.
The hope is to have five of these stratigraphic wells completed by that time.

USA, California: BLM Publishes Final EIA for Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area project

BLM releases Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area Project Final Environmental Analysis (News Release)

Area of the proposed Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Project. (Caroline Woods/BLM)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area Project in Inyo County. The Final EIS analyzes the proposed leasing of 22,800 acres of BLM-managed public lands for geothermal exploration, development and utilization in the Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area, including 9,300 acres of Development Focus Area.

The proposed Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area Project supports the Trump Administration’s goals of achieving energy independence and economic growth. If approved, the project would facilitate opportunities to generate revenue for the Inyo County community—contributing $72 million annually during its peak construction and $3 million annually during operations. The project would also create job opportunities by hiring 250 temporary and 65 permanent employees. The total project investment amounts to approximately $1 billion.

The Final EIS provides a comprehensive analysis of the potential environmental impacts for the proposed Land Use Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area plan. Additionally, the BLM analyzed three pending geothermal lease applications on public lands within the Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area and modifications to the management of four Areas of Critical Environmental Concern to allow for surface occupancy of geothermal development within the leasing area

The publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register on Jan. 24, opens a 30-day protest period and a 60-day governor’s consistency review. Pending the outcome of the protest period and Governor’s consistency review, the BLM will issue a Record of Decision. Information about the project, along with the agency preferred alternative and instructions for filing a protest, is available online at: https://go.usa.gov/xEnvy.

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USA: Webinar On Energy Opportunities for U.S. Companies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Webinar: Energy Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa (U.S. Commercial Service)

12 February, 8 am PST

Join the U.S. Commercial Service South Africa, Power Africa, and Clarion Events for a one-hour webinar highlighting African energy opportunities for U.S. firms interested in expanding into or increasing market share in Africa. U.S. participants will hear from the experts on energy opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Participants will receive an overview of the current energy market in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from the United States Energy Association.
  • Learn about power projects throughout SSA from US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Power Africa.
  • Clarion Events and US Commercial Service South Africa will provide participants with insight into engaging the African energy market.

Global: Reach out to the Geothermal Energy Community through the GRC

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USA: Webinar Update from Geothermal Technologies Office

GTO Quarterly Webinar – Geothermal Technologies Office

23 January, 11:00 AM PST

The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) is pleased to host its first webinar of the new decade!

Hosted by GTO Director Dr. Susan Hamm, updates on active research and new initiatives will be provided.

In addition to a discussion of GTO’s strategic priorities, highlights will include:

  • An overview of the DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge with guest speaker Alejandro Moreno, Director, Water Power Technologies Office; and
  • A look back at the Play Fairway Analysis (PFA) initiative with guest speaker Greg Rhodes, Geothermal Research Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Click here to register. Registration password: 2020

USA, Washington D.C.: Geothermal Resources Council Will Present at State of the Energy Industry Forum

16th Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum (USEA)

Thursday, January 23, 10am to 6pm, National Press Club, Washington, DC 

Will Pettitt, Executive Director of the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) will be representing the geothermal community. He is due to speak at around 4pm.

The United States Energy Association (USEA) begins each calendar year with its widely- recognized State of the Energy Industry Forum. The Forum brings together distinguished leaders from the most influential energy trade associations to share their outlook and to discuss dynamic issues facing the energy industry in the new year. More Information………

Isle of Man rejects assisted suicide.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

The Isle of Man rejected a motion to consider legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide (assisted death). After a five-hour debate the House of Keys rejected to call for further investigation into changing the assisted suicide laws.

Dr Gordon Macdonald, Chief Executive of Care Not Killing, commented in their media release:

“This is a sensible decision that will bring relief to those with terminal and chronic conditions on the Isle of Man and who fear changing the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia.

“Laws such as the Isle of Man’s Criminal Law Act which prohibit assisted suicide and euthanasia are essential to protect vulnerable people. The operation of the Suicide Act and murder legislation in other parts of the British Isles, covering assisted suicide and euthanasia has been reviewed dozens of times by MPs, MSPs, peers, other elected officials, judges even the former Director of Public Prosecution. Every time, they have rejected introducing a law that would discriminate against the terminally ill and disabled people by removing long held universal protections.

The current laws ensure all people are treated equally and deters vulnerable people at risk of abuse and of coming under pressure, real or perceived to end their lives prematurely, which is what the evidence from around the world shows.

Dr Gordon Macdonald

Dr Macdonald also commented on the Canadian experience with legalized assisted death:

“If further evidence was needed, then Canada provides this. In 2016, Canada changed their law to allow terminally ill people to request assisted suicide and euthanasia. In just four years the numbers of those dying in this way has gone from just over 1,000 to more than 5,000 per year. Then in September, the Quebec Superior Court struck down the requirement that a person be terminally ill before they qualify for euthanasia in Canada, opening up assisted suicide and euthanasia to those suffering with chronic conditions and mental health problems.

“Indeed in July a depressed, but otherwise healthy 61-year-old man, was euthanised in the province of British Columbia. Alan Nichols, a former school caretaker who lived alone and had struggled with depression, was killed by lethal injection in Chilliwack General Hospital.

Dr Macdonald concluded:

“No wonder not a single doctors group or major disability rights organisation supports changing the law, including the British Medical Association, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Physicians, the British Geriatric Society and the Association for Palliative Medicine. The current laws prohibiting assisted suicide and euthanasia do not need changing.”

It is terrible that Canada is experiencing the number of deaths and abuse of our laws, but at least others are recognizing our folly and deciding not to follow Canada’s lead.

Assisted suicide lobby to appeal Massachusetts court decision stating there is no right to assisted suicide.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

The assisted suicide lobby will appeal the Massachusetts Superior Court decision from January 10 that decided there is no right to assisted suicide in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts court decision recognized the difficulty in accurate patient assessment to approve MAID, which is an irreversible decision. The court decision challenged the concept that MAID is a form of medical treatment and pointed out that even in Oregon the oversight of the law is questionable at best.

Finally, the Massachusetts court found that oversight and control of assisted suicide laws are lacking. The risk related to assisted suicide is great.

In its media release the assisted suicide lobby stated:

“We are disappointed with this ruling and we plan to appeal it,” said John Kappos, a partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, which worked with the Boston-based law firm Morgan Lewis and Compassion & Choices to file the suit on behalf of Dr. Kligler and Dr. Steinbach.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) reported that the Massachusetts court decision provided an excellent explanation of why assisted suicide should be prohibited. Based on this cogent analysis, the Court of Appeal should uphold the lower court decision.

The Massachusetts legislature may be debating an assisted suicide bill in 2020. Since the Massachusetts court of appeal is considering the assisted suicide issue, therefore it is inappropriate for the Massachusetts legislature to debate the issue until the appeal is completed.


USA, California: Employment Opportunity as Manager of Geothermal Operations at The Geysers

Vacancy – Manager Operations – Geothermal (Calpine at The Geysers)

Location: Middletown, California, USA

Manage the daily operations and production activities. Plan and direct the work activities of operations personnel. Supervises operators in all aspects of power plant operations. Assure operational efficiency, reliability and compliance with safety and environmental standards. Develops and coordinates plant safety programs, including oversight of training certifications, compliance and tag-out procedures. Accountable for maintaining up-to-date environmental and permit requirements. Ensures that all Calpine compliance reports are complete, accurate and submitted in a timely manner. Ensures compliance with all local, State and Federal regulations and plant procedures. Monitors and enforces a safe work environment and participates in the development of procedures that support consistent and safe operations.

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