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Call for nominations – Iceland Geothermal Conference Innovation Award

April 12, 2024 Alterna award, awards, conference, Europe & Middle East, Event, Events, Featured, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Iceland, Iceland Geothermal Conference, IGC, IGC 2024, IGC Innovation Award, innovation, Projects/ Research, Reykjavik, Technology, Think GeoEnergy

IGC 2024 Innovation Award Nominations are being accepted for the Innovation Award of the Iceland Geothermal Conference, highlighting innovative approaches

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Draft published on guidelines for geological risk assessment of geothermal in Germany

April 12, 2024 Alterna BVEG, DGMK, Europe & Middle East, evaluation, Federal Association of Natural Gas Petroleum and Geoenergy, General, geological risk, Geology, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Geothermie, Germany, Projects/ Research, Public consultation, risk assessment, risk mitigation, standard guide, standardization, Think GeoEnergy

ITAG drilling rig on site in Holzkirchen, Germany (Source: GW Holzkirchen) BVEG and DGMK have published the final draft of

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GDC launches 5-year plan for geothermal development in Kenya

April 12, 2024 Alterna 2027, Africa, Capacity, Davis Chirchir, development, direct use, Drilling, Events, Finance, funding, GDC, Geothermal, Geothermal Development Company, Geothermal Power, growth, Kenya, Ketraco, Korosi, Menengai, Paka, Paul Ngugi, power plant, Projects/ Research, Silali, Strategic Plan, strategy, Suswa, targets, Think GeoEnergy

GDC Strategic Plan 2023-2027 (source: Geothermal Development Company) The Geothermal Development Company has published a five-year plan with targets for

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Applications open for Advanced Studies in Deep Geothermal – Neuchatel, Switzerland

April 11, 2024 Alterna advanced studies, CAS DEEGEOSYS, CAS Deep Geothermal Systems, Center for Hydrogeology and Geothermics, CHYN, deep geothermal, education, Europe & Middle East, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Geothermie, Neuchatel, Switzerland, Think GeoEnergy, university, University of Neuchatel, Vallourec

University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (source: Yves André The original uploader was Unine at French Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Sinopec drills 5200m geothermal research well in Hainan, China

April 10, 2024 Alterna Asia & Pacific, China, deep geothermal, Drilling, exploration, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, granite, Haikou, Hainan, Hot Dry Rock, Projects/ Research, research, research well, Sinopec, Think GeoEnergy

Sinopec completes drilling of China’s deepest geothermal exploration well (source: Sinopec) Sinopec has completed drilling a 5200-meter geothermal well in

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ThinkGeoEnergy and Geothermal Association of Kenya partner for KGC 2024

April 9, 2024 Alterna Africa, Carlo Cariaga, collaboration, Events, Featured, GAK, Gathuru Mburu, General, Geothermal, Geothermal Association of Kenya, Geothermal Power, Kenya, Kenya Geothermal Congress, KGC2024, media partnership, partnership, Think GeoEnergy, ThinkGeoEnergy

Media partnership between GAK and ThinkGeoEnergy for KGC 2024 ThinkGeoEnergy and the Geothermal Association of Kenya have formed a media

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Interview – Expro’s expansion from oil and gas services to geothermal

April 8, 2024 Alterna cooperation, Drilling, energy transition, Expro, Featured, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Global, Oil and Gas, partnership, Patrick Hanson, Projects/ Research, Technology, Think GeoEnergy, well intervention, well services

Interview – Expro’s expansion from oil and gas services to geothermal In this interview with Patrick Hanson, we discuss the

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AGM calls for geothermal incentive from O&G industry in Mexico

April 5, 2024 Alterna AGM, Asociación Geotérmica Mexicana, energy transition, Events, Finance, funding, geotermia, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Heber Didier Diez Leon, incentive, Legislation, Mexican Geothermal Association, Mexico, North America, Oil and Gas, Think GeoEnergy

Los Azufres III, Phase 1 (Unit 17) geothermal power plant, Mexico (source: ThinkGeoEnergy, creative commons) Heber Didier Diez Leon, President

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Programme published for 76th Geological Congress of Türkiye

April 5, 2024 Alterna Ankara, Congress, disaster resilience, Europe & Middle East, Event, Events, Geological Congress of Türkiye, geosciences, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, jeotermal, programme, Think GeoEnergy, Türkiye

The 76th Turkish Geological Congress (Source: TMMOB JMO) The full program has been published for the 76th Turkish Geology to

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KenGen approves GreenFire closed-loop application in Olkaria geothermal field, Kenya

April 5, 2024 Alterna Africa, closed loop, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, GreenFire Energy, greenloop, KenGen, Kenya, Olkaria, Projects/ Research, rehabilitation, repurposing, Technology, Think GeoEnergy

Olkaria II geothermal power plant, Kenya (source: ARGeo) GreenFire Energy has received approval from KenGen to deploy the GreenLoop technology

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Study evaluates performance of different single-well geothermal borehole designs

April 4, 2024 Alterna BHE, borehole, borehole heat exchanger, Christopher Brown, coaxial, conductivity, David Banks, Europe & Middle East, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Gioia Falcone, Global, heat extraction, Isa Kolo, James Watt School of Engineering, modeling, pressure drop, pressure loss, Projects/ Research, research, simulation, study, Technology, thermal response test, Think GeoEnergy, U-tube, University of Glasgow

Eden Geothermal drilling rig (source: Exeter Science Centre, YouTube screenshot) A study from the University of Glasgow compares the thermal

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