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US DOE announces winners of first-ever Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

September 19, 2023 Alterna American-Made Challenge, American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, Direct Lithium Extraction, DLE, funding, Geothermal, geothermal brine, Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, Geothermal Power, innovation, Lithium extraction, North America, Projects/ Research, research, Technology, Think GeoEnergy, US Department of Energy, US DOE, winners

Winners announced for the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize (source: US DOE) The team from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been

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Geothermal cooling demonstrated at transport hub in Madrid, Spain

August 18, 2023 Alterna air conditioning, battery, cooling, ERDF, Europe & Middle East, European Regional Development Fund, GEOBATT, geotermia, Geothermal, geothermal cooling, Geothermal Power, Heat pump, Madrid, Moncloa, Moncloa Transport Hub, Photovoltaic, Projects/ Research, research, Sacyr, solar power, Spain, Technology, Think GeoEnergy

The Moncloa Transport Hub in Madrid, Spain (source: Sacyr) Sustainable cooling is being supplied to the Moncloa Transport Hub in

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Dublin, Ireland study identifies geothermal resource in Grangegorman

August 11, 2023 Alterna district heating, Drilling, Dublin, Europe & Middle East, exploration, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Grangegorman, heating, Ireland, Mark Geraghty, Projects/ Research, research, Seismic survey, Siobhan Power, Think GeoEnergy, TU Dublin

TU Dublin, Grangegorman Campus, Ireland (source: William Murphy / flickr, Creative Commons) Researchers at TU Dublin and Geological Survey Ireland

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Drilling to commence for geothermal research at Weisweiler, Germany

July 20, 2023 Alterna Aachen, DGE-Rollout, Drilling, Europe & Middle East, Fraunhofer IEG, Geological Survey NRW, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Geothermie, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, NRW, Projects/ Research, research, RWE Power, Think GeoEnergy, Weisweiler

The lignite-fired Weisweiler power plant by RWE Power in NRW, Germany (source: Alupus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Fraunhofer

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Research shows geothermal potential at site near Singapore hot spring

July 18, 2023 Alterna Asia & Pacific, cooling, Drilling, EMA, Energy Market Authority, exploration, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Hot Spring, Nanyang Technological University, NTU, pluton, Projects/ Research, research, Sembawang, Simpang Granite, Singapore, Surbana Jurong, Think GeoEnergy, TUMCREATE

Research done by the NTU, TUMCREATE, and Surbana Jurong has confirmed a high geothermal gradient near the Sembawang hot springs

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Funding approved for geothermal feasibility study in Presidio County, Texas

July 13, 2023 Alterna exploration, feasibility study, Finance, funding, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Ken Wisian, North America, Presidio County, Projects/ Research, research, Texas, Think GeoEnergy, Trey Gerfers, University of Texas at Austin

The Presidio County Courthouse in Texas (source: Nan Palmero / flickr, Creative Commons) In a show of significant interest from

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COMPASS consortium to develop well casing technologies for high-T geothermal

July 11, 2023 Alterna COMPASS, consortium, corrosion, CoSviG, Europe & Middle East, funding, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Horizon, ON Power, Projects/ Research, research, superhot geothermal, Technology, Think GeoEnergy, UK Research and Innovation, well casing

Members of the COMPASS project in Italy (source: COMPASS) The Horizon Europe-funded COMPASS project aims to develop improved and innovative

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Study models mechanisms of induced seismicity at the Basel EGS site, Switzerland

July 7, 2023 Alterna Basel, earthquake, EGS, Europe & Middle East, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, induced seismicity, Institute for Environmental Diagnosis and Water Studies, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, numerical modeling, pore pressure, Projects/ Research, research, seismicity, stress transfer, Switzerland, Think GeoEnergy, University of Colorado

View of Basel, Switzerland (source: flickr/ taintfair, creative commons) A recently published study presents a model that simulates the mechanisms

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Jobs – Postdoc research for geothermal energy, Geological Survey of Finland

June 30, 2023 Alterna crystalline reservoir, Espoo, Europe & Middle East, Finland, Geological Survey of Finland, Geology, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, GTK, jobs, low enthalpy, modeling, post-doc, research, Think GeoEnergy

The Geological Survey of Finland is accepting applications for a post-doc research position on geothermal energy research for low-enthalpy crystalline

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Drilling starts at Delft geothermal project, Netherlands

June 26, 2023 Alterna Buitenhof, consortium, Delft, district heating, Drilling, Europe & Middle East, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Geothermie, Geothermie Delft, heating, Netherlands, Projects/ Research, research, spudding, Think GeoEnergy, TU Delft, Voorhof

Official opening of the drilling operations at Geothermie Delft, Netherlands (source: Geothermie Delft) Drilling has officially started for the Geothermie

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Call for papers – German Geothermal Congress, 17-19 October 2023, Essen

June 23, 2023 Alterna Bundesverband Geothermie, BVG, call for papers, conference, Congress, Der Geothermie Kongress, DGK, Essen, Europe & Middle East, Event, Events, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Geothermie, Germany, Haus der Technik, research, Think GeoEnergy

Papers are being accepted for the 2023 German Geothermal Congress taking place from 17 to 19 October 2023 at the

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