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High-Temperature Well Cementing and Integrity Workshop – Agenda Now Available! High-Temperature Well Cementing and Integrity Workshop – Agenda Now Available!  from Geothermal Resources Council

Permeability a continued challenge for SVG’s geothermal project (IWN) After all testing, the well capacity will be known and the economic analysis updated, sometime around July 2020. None of the three wells dug as part of the geothermal energy project have the level of permeability required although they have registered the temperature necessary for the productionContinue reading “St Vincent and the Grenadines: Confidence Shown in Improving Permeability at Geothermal Project”

Entanglement of Top-Down and Bottom-Up: Sociotechnical Innovation Pathways of Geothermal Energy in Switzerland (ETH Zurich) By looking at deep geothermal energy in Switzerland, this article illustrateshow innovation pathways in federal countries take entangled forms between top-down and bottom-up. The Swiss federal government presents deep geothermal energy as an important technology to decarbonize electricity production. Setbacks inContinue reading “Switzerland: Better Coordination is Needed to Promote Geothermal Energy – Paper”

Geothermal clean-energy project moves forward in Fort Nelson (My Prince George Now) The Fort Nelson First Nation has received a permit from the Province that will allow them to move forward with a planned geothermal project. When finished, the project will provide a reliable source of clean and renewable energy to those in the area, whichContinue reading “Canada: Fort Nelson Geothermal Power Project Gets Green Light”

PLN to issue tradable renewable energy certificates to promote clean energy (Jakarta Post) (Courtesy CIA.gov) State-owned electricity firm PLN will issue renewable energy certificates (REC) to support the government’s program to promote the use of clean energy in the country in cooperation with Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA) Indonesia. PLN deputy president director Darmawan Prasodjo saidContinue reading “Indonesia: PT PLN (Persero) to Issue Renewable Energy Certificates to Boost Production”

Meeting of the SoCal Section of the Geothermal Resources Council A celebration of Life for Brian Berard. 31 January at 3 pm at the American Legion in Brawley located at 509 G St, Brawley, CA 92227 Brian was a proud Cajun and always looking for a good excuse to have a crawfish boil. In hisContinue reading “USA, California: Geothermal Resources Council Southern California Section Meeting”

Webinar – Climate change solutions: Geothermal energy opportunities in Scotland (Scottish Enterprise) Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 2pm – 4pm (GMT), 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM PST Scottish Enterprise presents an overview of Scotland’s unique minewater geothermal investment opportunity. The global warming crisis has highlighted the urgent need for solutions required to help countries to limit their environmentalContinue reading “United Kingdom: Webinar on Geothermal Heat from Abandoned Coal Mines in Scotland”

Manobos hold thanksgiving ritual in Mt. Apo for Benefits from geothermal power (Minda News) Leaders of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in North Cotabato held a ritual on Friday as part of their thanksgiving for the ‘gifts’ they received from a private company for allowing it to use part of their ancestral domain as site of its geothermalContinue reading “Philippines: Indigenous Peoples Give Thanks for Benefits from Mt Apo Geothermal Power Plants”

Sosian Energy gets nod to drill Menengai steam (Business Daily Africa) Local renewable power firm, Sosian Energy has been granted approval to drill geothermal power in Menengai, Nakuru. The firm got the green light through a notice last Friday by the National Environment Management Authority (Nema). The environmental watchdog further invited the public to share theirContinue reading “Kenya: 35 MW Sosian Menengai Geothermal Power Project Gets Green Light”