Archive for November, 2009
Star Energy to build two new GT plants
In Indonesia, PT Star Energy said it will build two new geothermal power plants in Pangalengan in the regency of Bandung, West Java. The plants will have a total capacity of 190 MW. The plants will be the third and fourth units of PLTP Wayang Windu and are to be operational in 2014. The site [...]
SGP raises Silver Creek capacity; reports third quarter results
In Canada, Sierra Geothermal Power Corp. said it now believes its Silver Peak, Nevada site will support a 25 MW power plant at minimum from its original 15 MW estimate. The company’s president and CEO Gary Thompson noted that recent exploration activity created a 90% certainty on their new estimate and doubled the estimated minimum [...]
Minor quake hits near The Geysers
In California, the U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck a rural area about 75 miles west of Sacramento. The tremor occurred at 3:59 a.m. about 2 miles northeast of The Geysers geothermal plant. No damage or injuries were immediately reported, although the quake magnitude was later upgraded to 3.7. Geothermal work in [...]
Philippines bidding for 10 sites nets 24 bids
In the Philippines, the Department of Energy is evaluating the 24 bids it received for 10 geothermal sites it offered under the Geothermal Energy Contracting Round. Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said the final short list of finalists may be available in a week. The 24 bids came from 13 groups that met the deadline [...]
Ground source driller spills debris into river
In Kentucky, while drilling geothermal heating and cooling wells for a Bellarmine University project, construction contractor Parco Constructors of Louisville spilled a silty slurry of drilling waste into Beargrass Creek in late October. The company finished the cleanup in just under 30 days. An official for the company described the material as limestone dust in [...]
EDC retail bond sale nets 20% more than expected
In the Philippines, Lopez-owned Energy Development Corp. raised $257 million from its first retail bond offering. The offering is $43 million more than originally planned because of substantial demand from both retail and institutional investors. In addition, the bonds were fully taken up ahead of the original closing date of November 26. The company said [...]
China presence strong in African geothermal exploration
In Kenya, Great Wall Drilling of China has launched a geothermal energy exploration and production campaign with 47 wells either planned or already dug. Kenya’s state-run Geothermal Development Company has committed $240 million per year to the expansion of the national geothermal power resource. Kenya will likely need many international companies to get 72 wells [...]
A Tale of Two Sites: Lease auction irks Colorado residents while Cornwall England plant gains local support
Two very different scenarios are developing over proposed geothermal developments in England and the U.S.
In Chalk Creek, Colorado, it seems that the more area property owners near the proposed geothermal lease site learn about the potential results of exploration might mean, the more they are concerned.
Yet, in Cornwall, England, public forums and [...]
Los Alamos in on GT funded research
In New Mexico, about $1.2 million in DOE funding from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act will allow Los Alamos National Laboratory to assist initiatives to provide geothermal heating or power at the Pueblo of Jemez and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology campus. The Lab received notice that it has received ARRA [...]
S.C. will search state for geothermal resources
In South Carolina, the Department of Natural Resources will collect data from across the state to aid in the identification and development of geothermal energy as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s nationwide search. The Association of American State Geologists organized a coalition of 40 state geological surveys to populate a new National Geothermal [...]
