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Tata Power consortium wins Indonesia bid
In Indonesia, a group led India’s largest integrated private power company, Tata Power, said that the consortium that includes Origin Energy and PT Supraco Indonesia were the successful bidder for the Sorik Marapi geothermal project in Northern Sumatra. The project is believed to hold an estimated 240MW of geothermal generation capacity. The consortium will do [...]
EDC completes acquisition of BacMan plants
In the Philippines, Bacman Geothermal, Inc., a unit of the Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC), has completed payment for the 150 MW Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal power plants. The company said that it has closed the acquisition of the asset after making a final payment to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. Richard Tantoco, [...]
India’s first GT plant to be built in Andhra Pradesh
In India, the country’s first Geothermal power plant will reportedly be built in Andhra Pradesh’s Khammam district by 2012. A power purchase agreement has been signed between GeoSyndicate Power Pvt Ltd and Northern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd. The reports did not indicate who would build the plant, which is slated to have an [...]
Tenders opened for first geothermal exploration wells
In Yemen, tender offers have been opened for the drilling of the first exploratory well for geothermal energy in Yemen. The project, in the Allisi area, Dhamar province, is designed to assess geothermal energy resources for possible power generation. Previous work included surveys of some 100 locations where geothermal energy sources might be found in [...]
Capiz coop likes the price of its new 10-year GT deal
In the Philippines, Capiz Electric Cooperative (CAPELCO) has signed a 10-year power supply deal with Green Core Geothermal Inc., a unit of Energy Development Corp. The geothermal energy provider will account for 70% of its the coop’s electricity needs. CAPELCO’s general manager states that the other 30% will come from more expensive sources. The committed [...]
Geothermal planning aims at sustaining Rotorua
In New Zealand, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Rotorua District Council are trying to decide how to allocate Rotorua’s geothermal resources following a recent workshop. The two councils are also working with neighboring regional council Environment Waikato to look at the best possible gains to be made using the area’s geothermal energy. Rotorua [...]
Kenya looking for buyer to reduce stake in KenGen
In Kenya, the country’s largest power producer Kenya Electricity Generation Co. Ltd. said it has appointed an adviser to help it find a buyer for 19% of the company to reduce the government’s stake. Managing Director Eddy Njoroge told reporters that the company wants to privatize. The plan is for the state’s holding in the [...]
UK GT power plant gets approval
In England, Geothermal Engineering has received planning permission from Cornwall Council to develop a commercial geothermal power plant at its Redruth site in Cornwall. The power plant will produce 10 MW of electricity as well as 55 MW of heat energy that could be used locally. The Council OK covers three wells to be drilled [...]
Hot Rock lands $7 million grant
In Australia, Hot Rock Ltd. has signed a contract for a $7 million grant from the Australian government to carry out a drill and test program at the Koroit Hot Sedimentary Aquifer Geothermal Project in the Otway Basin in southwest Victoria. The funding is a Round 2 Geothermal Drilling Program (GDP) Agreement, which was signed [...]
Feed-in tariff gets industry supporter
In Australia, Hot Rock Ltd. has said it supports the Victorian government, which has recently proposed the introduction of a new feed-in tariff to encourage investment in new large scale solar generation plants in the state. HRL notes that within the “Victorian Climate Change White Paper – The Action Plan” was the following, “The Government [...]
