Archive for November, 2009
6th international geothermal conference announced
In Germany, the 6th International Geothermal Conference (IGC 2010), organized by Enerchange, has been announced. The conference will take place on May 19-20, 2010. The program includes one workshop on international projects on May 19, as well as the main congress with four workshops and panel discussions on May 20, both with simultaneous German-English interpretations. [...]
Jemez Pueblo gets federal money to explore geothermal
In New Mexico, a $5 million DOE grant will fund seismic imaging, followed by deep-well drilling at Jemez Pueblo, home of the Pueblo of Jemez tribe. If probes show there is enough heat and water, the tribe could build a power plant. Jemez Resource Protection Department Director Steve Blodgett says that water at least 180 [...]
EIB funding Iceland geothermal expansion
In Iceland, the European Investment Bank will lend $255 million to Reykjavik Energy to expand its Hellisheidi geothermal complex by an additional 90 MW. A new 90 MW geothermal plant at Hverahlíð will also be constructed. The new plants will supply electricity in the export-orientated industrial sectors, notably for one existing and one new aluminum [...]
New appropriations bill could send all county GT lease revenues to US Treasury
In Nevada, a local news outlet reported that an amendment included in a Department of the Interior appropriations bill will send all county lease revenues – currently shared with the counties in states where the leases reside – into the federal treasury. House Resolution 2996 was tacked on to the FY2010 Interior Appropriations Bill that [...]
W. Virginia water treatment plant studying geothermal
In West Virginia, officials of the Berkeley County Public Service Water District have commissioned a study to determine what’s necessary to install a geothermal system and then have an engineering estimate done on the cost and amount of energy that could be saved by utilizing such a system. Paul Fisher, the director of the BCPSWD, [...]
Australians begin renewables funding
In Australia, Geodynamics and Petratherm will receive $153 million of a total $235 million in Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) grants for geothermal energy development from the federal government. The companies were in competition with another 60 firms. For both, the REDP funding will allow for the construction of commercial demonstration plants, which will cost [...]
GT sensor grant money goes to GE
In Massachusetts, General Electric Co. said its Sensing & Inspecting Technologies unit received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a sensor for geothermal power generation. The grant will allow the company to refine and repackage an existing sensor to provide temperature, pressure, strain and vibration information from inside geothermal [...]
Lopez Group vying for top spot in GT production
In the Philippines, the Lopez Group is bidding to become the world’s largest producer of geothermal energy. The state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) intends to auction the independent power producer administrator contracts of the Bacon-Manito power plants and the Unified Leyte geothermal power plants in 2010 and the Lopez Group – [...]
Magma completes initial HS Orka buy, starts works at Maule
In Canada, Magma Energy Corp. closed an agreement to acquire an 8.6% stake in HS Orka from Geysir Green Energy. The agreement also provides that Magma will purchase a further 2.16% share in the Icelandic geothermal company by March 31, 2010. Magma also holds an option to acquire an additional stake in HS Orka by [...]
GT pilot plant planned for Queensland
In Australia, Clean Energy Australasia is planning a pilot geothermal plant south of a mining area near Mount Isa, Queensland. The company says other geothermal power stations could follow if the first one is successful. A spokesman added that they “can potentially grow 500 megawatts by around 2020 and that we believe would set aside [...]
