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Une centrale de géothermie pourrait voir le jour à Petite Anse – A geothermal power plant could be built in Petite Anse (France Antilles Martinique) L’implantation d’une centrale géothermique est envisagée à Petite Anse, dans le but de fournir de l’électricité à l’ensemble de la commune. Un projet ambitieux expliqué récemment à la population lors d’uneContinue reading “France, Martinique: Geothermal Power Project Advances”

Géothermie : la nouvelle procédure d’attribution des titres d’exploration et d’exploitation est fixée – Geothermal energy: the new procedure for awarding exploration and exploitation titles is set (Actu-Environnement) (Courtesy CIA.gov) La réglementation relative aux demandes de titres d’exploration et d’exploitation de gîtes géothermiques a été modifiée par un décret publié le 31 décembre 2019. Les nouvellesContinue reading “France: New Regulations for Geothermal Exploration and Development”

Trump admin plans 2020 approvals for major projects (E&E News) The Trump administration is poised this year to do what congressional Democrats and other critics of the president’s “energy dominance” campaign have been demanding for months: advance large-scale renewable energy projects on federal lands. By summer, the Bureau of Land Management plans to have issued recordsContinue reading “USA, California: BLM to Approve Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Project Next Month – Report”

Taking temperatures underground to better extract energy from the earth (INL) A technician monitors an engineered geothermal energy system. (Courtesy INL) …. [T]here are challenges holding geothermal energy back. Mitch Plummer, an earth scientist at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), heads a research project that aims to help overcome some of those barriers. To do that, theContinue reading “Science & Technology: Using Reactive Chemical Tracers for Temperature Monitoring in Geothermal Reservoirs”

Taiwan finalizes 2020 feed-in tariff for renewable energy (Digitimes) Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced final feed-in tariff rates for renewable energy for 2020, with reductions from 2019 for offshore wind power generation by 7.61-7.71% and PV power generation by 1.47-4.18%. The feed-in-tariff for geothermal energy is NT$ 5.1956 /kWh for 20 years; 6.1710Continue reading “Taiwan: Feed-in Tariff for Geothermal Energy is Unchanged”

APC to supply power to Batangas coop (Manila Bulletin) The Batangas II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BATELEC II), which is touted as the country’s biggest among league of rural power utilities, has signed a deal with Aboitiz Power Corporation (APC) for power supply sourcing from the latter’s “Cleanergy” brand. The power supply agreement (PSA) inked by theContinue reading “Philippines: Tiwi and MakBan Geothermal Power Plants to Supply Electricity to Batangas Utility”

Slovenia Not Exploiting Potential of Geothermal Energy (Total Slovenia News) (Courtesy CIA.gov) Geothermal energy was long seen as a promising source of renewable energy, in particular in eastern Slovenia where geothermal potential is highest, but since the introduction of licence fees for geothermal exploitation in 2016, uptake has been stagnating. High licence fees are not theContinue reading “Slovenia: Businesses Urge Government to Designate Geothermal Energy a Renewable Resource”

Naivasha shakes off ugly past to become an investment hub (The Standard) According to economic expert Washington Ochieng’, the availability of key resources like cheap geothermal power, vast land and accessibility to Nairobi have contributed to the influx of investors in Naivasha. “Currently the biggest challenge facing manufacturers is the high electricity charges and if theyContinue reading “Kenya: Cheaper Electricity from Geothermal Power Helps Economic Development of Naivasha”

Ormat Commends the Extension of Geothermal Tax Credits (News Release) Continued Support of Geothermal Industry Creates Jobs and Contributes to Nation’s Energy Independence Ormat Technologies, Inc. today commended passage of the United States federal appropriations bill that retroactively revived and extended the full Production Tax Credit (PTC) for geothermal facilities. The PTC provides a credit for eachContinue reading “USA, Nevada: “We commend the extension of the PTC available for geothermal..” – Ormat CEO”