Enel S.p.A. (“Enel”), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (“EGPNA”), has started operations at the world’s first integrated, commercial-scale geothermal-hydro power plant at its Cove Fort site in Utah. The Cove Fort plant is the world’s first large scale power generation facility to combine medium enthalpy, binary cycle geothermal power with hydropower … Continue reading Enel Begins Operations At World’s First Commercial Geothermal-hydro Hybrid Power Plant
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Expanding geothermal energy in Kenya
Although Kenya produces just enough power to meet its current demand for households and businesses tied to the grid, it is constantly plagued with power outages that cause not only inconveniences, but a loss of income for those businesses that depend upon it. A large part of the problem is the country’s reliance on hydropower, … Continue reading Expanding geothermal energy in Kenya
Continue readingEnel Green Power brings world’s first integrated geothermal energy and biomass plant in Tuscany
Enel Green Power has brought online the world’s first biomass plant used to heat geothermal steam at the Cornia 2 geothermal power plant, which is located in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina in Tuscany. The project will increase both the energy efficiency and the power output of the geothermal cycle. The existing geothermal plant has been … Continue reading Enel Green Power brings world’s first integrated geothermal energy and biomass plant in Tuscany
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Geothermal energy in Chile
Enel Green Power and Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP), the Chilean state-owned company active in the hydrocarbons sector, have begun construction in Chile on Cerro Pabellón, the first geothermal plant in South America. Cerro Pabellón, located in the municipality of Ollagüe, in the region of Antofagasta, in the Andean Plateau, will also be the … Continue reading Geothermal energy in Chile
Continue readingUSTDA strengthens support for geothermal energy development in Turkey
This week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Turcas BM Kuyucak Jeotermal Elektrik Üretim A. ?. (TBK), a Turkish joint venture owned primarily by BM Holding and Turcas Energy Holding. The grant funds a feasibility study that will evaluate the technical and financial specifications for a geothermal energy project designed to … Continue reading USTDA strengthens support for geothermal energy development in Turkey
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Geothermal Energy Ready to Meet Future Power System Needs
Geothermal power plants, that now service over 3 million American households, can provide both flexible and base-load power that will be needed in the future, according to a new report published today by the Geothermal Energy Association. “While baseload power has its advantages and benefits, the future electricity grid, dominated by variable energy resource (primarily … Continue reading Geothermal Energy Ready to Meet Future Power System Needs
Continue readingGeothermal energy capacity has grown by 16% over the last five years
Geothermal power’s global electricity capacity has grown by 16% over the last five years, while its power for direct uses has increased by 45%. Geothermal energy also drives employment – 34,000 new jobs each year across the world – businesses and local areas, as shown by Enel Green Power and Tuscany. Geothermal power keeps … Continue reading Geothermal energy capacity has grown by 16% over the last five years
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New Tool Sheds Light On Global Geothermal Energy Potentials
A new tool to investigate global geothermal energy potentials is now available online, just ahead of next week’s World Geothermal Congress in Melbourne, Australia. The new and freely available gravity anomaly maps, the product of collaboration between the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), offer a new technique to gauge … Continue reading New Tool Sheds Light On Global Geothermal Energy Potentials
Continue readingCosta Rica powered with 100% renewable energy
The Cental American country has achieved a major clean energy milestone, meeting 100 percent of its power demand with renewable energy for 75 straight days. “The year 2015 has been one of electricity totally friendly to the environment for Costa Rica,” the state-owned power supplier Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) said in a press release. … Continue reading Costa Rica powered with 100% renewable energy
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Kenya’s Largest Geothermal Energy Complex Starts Commercial Operation
Toshiba is the world leader in geothermal power, accounting for 24% of total installed capacity. Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that the Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant, Kenya’s largest geothermal power complex, has started commercial operation. The official opening ceremony was held at the site on February 19, in the presence of President Uhuru … Continue reading Kenya’s Largest Geothermal Energy Complex Starts Commercial Operation
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UNEP to help East Africa tap 500 MW of geothermal energy
The beneficiaries’ country of geothermal power will include Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda. The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) will assist six East Africa states to tap 500 MW of geothermal power in the next five years. Programme Manager for the UNEP’s African Rift Geothermal Development Facility Meseret Zemedkun told Xinhua in Nairobi … Continue reading UNEP to help East Africa tap 500 MW of geothermal energy
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Alstom to build a turnkey geothermal energy plant in Indonesia
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth over €61 million by PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy to supply and install a 30 MW geothermal plant for the Karaha Power Plant in West Java, Indonesia. Alstom will design, supply, install and commission the entire power plant (EPC contract). The project will be delivered by the end of … Continue reading Alstom to build a turnkey geothermal energy plant in Indonesia
Continue readingEnel Green Power begins operation of new Bagnore 4 Geothermal energy plant
Enel Green Power has completed and connected to the grid its new geothermal power plant, Bagnore 4, located in the municipalities of Santa Fiora and Arcidosso, near Grosseto, in the Italian region of Tuscany. Bagnore 4, designed to fit perfectly into the surrounding environment, joins the 20 MW Bagnore 3 plant. The new geothermal power … Continue reading Enel Green Power begins operation of new Bagnore 4 Geothermal energy plant
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in 2014: 700 MW (megawatts) of new additions
Geothermal power in 2014 witnessed continued growth, more countries developing projects, and an increase in on-line capacity of between 4% and 5% for the third year in a row. With 700 MW (megawatts) of new additions, the global market reached upwards of 12.7 GW (gigawatts) of geothermal power operational throughout 24 countries. By comparison the … Continue reading Geothermal Energy in 2014: 700 MW (megawatts) of new additions
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Olkaria geothermal energy project to lower cost of power in Kenya
Thirty five years ago, former President Daniel arap Moi’s government decided to venture into an ambitious plan to tap steam in the geothermal-rich area and convert it into electricity which was scarce in those days. “There were success stories from villagers who were known to tap steam and convert it into water for washing and … Continue reading Olkaria geothermal energy project to lower cost of power in Kenya
Continue readingTurkish Geothermal Energy Plants Use Industrial Internet
Three geothermal power plants in Turkey, owned by Kipa? Holding, have significantly reduced water usage, lowered CO2 emissions, decreased corrosion and are using the Industrial Internet to analyze data with help from GE’s (NYSE: GE) water treatment technology. GE honored Kipa? Holding with the Return on Environment (ROE) award to recognize the company for its … Continue reading Turkish Geothermal Energy Plants Use Industrial Internet
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Geothermal energy plants in Colombia’s Nereidas Valley
U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Empresas Públicas de Medellín E.S.P. (Public Enterprises of Medellín, or EPM) to evaluate the technical, economic and financial feasibility of constructing one or more geothermal power plants in Colombia’s Nereidas Valley. EPM is a multi-sector utility founded in 1955 that is owned entirely by the Municipality … Continue reading Geothermal energy plants in Colombia’s Nereidas Valley
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Approaches 12,000 Megawatts Worldwide
In 2013, world geothermal power electricity-generating capacity grew 3 percent to top 11,700 megawatts across 24 countries. Although some other renewable energy technologies are seeing much faster growth—wind power has expanded 21 percent per year since 2008, for example, while solar power has grown at a blistering 53 percent annual rate—this was geothermal’s best year … Continue reading Geothermal Energy Approaches 12,000 Megawatts Worldwide
Continue readingItaly geothermal energy leader in Europe
With EGP’s 34 plants, which have produced 5,301 GWh in 2013, Italy is fifth in the world and first in Europe for geothermal power generation. With its installed capacity of 875 megawatts, Italy ranks fifth in the world and first in Europe as regards electricity generation from geothermal source. This was found by “Another Kind … Continue reading Italy geothermal energy leader in Europe
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Iberian Peninsula’s geothermal energy can generate current electrical capacity five times over
The temperature increases by 30 ºC for every kilometre further underground. This thermal gradient, generated by the flow of heat from the inside of Earth and the breakdown of radioactive elements in the crust, produces geothermal power. About 500 power stations around the world already use it to generate electricity, although there are yet to … Continue reading Iberian Peninsula’s geothermal energy can generate current electrical capacity five times over
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