Alongside the increasing demand for electricity being driven by economic growth, the global demand for sustainable heat is also increasing. This demand has led to a growing trend in the use of geothermal resources for heating and cooling applications where technically and economically feasible. Since 2000, the geothermal sector has grown at an average rate … Continue reading Boosting the Global Geothermal Market
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How a few geothermal plants could solve America’s lithium supply crunch and boost the EV battery industry
Geothermal energy has long been the forgotten member of the clean energy family, overshadowed by relatively cheap solar and wind power, despite its proven potential. But that may soon change – for an unexpected reason. Geothermal technologies are on the verge of unlocking vast quantities of lithium from naturally occurring hot brines beneath places like … Continue reading How a few geothermal plants could solve America’s lithium supply crunch and boost the EV battery industry
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Enel Begins Operations At World’s First Commercial Geothermal-hydro Hybrid Power Plant
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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Enel 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 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
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Enel Green Power Inaugurates the New Geothermal Museum
One hundred years after the construction of the world’s first geothermal power plant in Larderello, EGP has inaugurated a museum dedicated to the development of geothermal power throughout history. discount cigars online The Geothermal Museum wasinaugurated yesterday morning at the Enel Green Power Village at Larderello in Tuscany, in the presence of the region's Environmental … Continue reading Enel Green Power Inaugurates the New Geothermal Museum
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European Geothermal Energy Congress
This year’s edition of the European Geothermal Congress, one of the key events on the energy calendar, will take place in Pisa between next Monday and Friday, with Enel Green Power as its main sponsor. The European Geothermal Congress, the most important event for technicians in the European geothermal power sector, is taking place in … Continue reading European Geothermal Energy Congress
Continue readingGeothermal Energy’s Environmental and Health Benefits Worth $117 Million Annually
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) has released an Air Emissions Comparison and Externality Analysis showing geothermal energy provides significant benefits to public health and the environment as one of the least-polluting and most environmentally friendly forms of energy. The analysis found binary geothermal plants produce virtually no greenhouse gases (GHG) and dry steam and flash … Continue reading Geothermal Energy’s Environmental and Health Benefits Worth $117 Million Annually
Continue readingGeothermal Energy: Safe and Reliable
Enel Green Power’s Head of Italy and Europe Area Roberto Deambrogio explains how geothermal power is a renewable energy source that produces clean energy while respecting the surrounding environment. ‘Geothermal power is renewable energy par excellence: thanks to our experience in the field, we can put back into the ground a large portion of the … Continue reading Geothermal Energy: Safe and Reliable
Continue readingChina to tap geothermal energy
By 2015, geothermal energy shall supply power of 20 million tons of TCE annually and a national information system on the energy shall be in service, said the guideline, jointly issued by the National Energy Administration, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. China … Continue reading China to tap geothermal energy
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Association Summit
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) will bring together policy leaders, utilities and industry professionals for the GEA National Geothermal Summit.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Indonesia
Indonesia is said to have the world’s largest geothermal energy reserves but their potential remains mostly untapped.
Continue readingEnel Green Power?s geothermal energy investments
More than 500 million euros will be invested in geothermal energy development between 2012 and 2016, as part of an overall plan worth about 980 million euros to develop geothermal in three continents.
Continue readingWWF urges Indonesia to promote geothermal energy
Indonesia has the world?s greatest geothermal energy potential, at 29 gigawatts [GW]. However, we?ve only been able to utilize 1.2 GW or 4 percent of this.
Continue readingEthiopia exerts efforts to generate 450 MW of Geothermal Energy
The Ethiopian Geological Survey said they are working hard to attain the capacity to generate 450 MW of geothermal energy.
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