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Monday, March 18, 2019

Education: $14,000 in Educational Awards Announced by Geothermal Resources Council

Geothermal Resources Council Announces Scholarships (News Release)

Total of $14,000 in educational awards to be given to eight students in the global geothermal energy community

John Grill, Estefan�a Ram�rez Restrepo and Yuran Zhang
received their awards at last year's GRC Annual Meeting & Expo
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is pleased to announce the availability of the 2019 GRC Scholarship Awards.

To qualify for any of these awards a student must be a GRC member (student memberships are only $20 per year). Selection of recipients will be based upon a variety of factors, including the individual�s academic record, student activities, geothermal industry experience, and career goals.

The following awards are available:

  • Five (5) Marcelo Lippmann Graduate Scholarship Awards of $2500 � to be eligible for one of these awards, the candidate must be enrolled in a graduate-level program at an accredited academic institution at the time of the award (Fall 2019). If selected, each recipient is required to submit a paper on his/her research (or research progress) to be published in the GRC Transactions and deliver results at the meeting as either a poster or oral presentation. If the recipient presents in the year of the award then the full $2500 is awarded at that time; if the recipient defers to present/publish the following year then $750 is withheld until the following year when the recipient presents.
  • Three (3) GRC Undergraduate Scholarship Awards of $500  � to be eligible for one of these awards, the candidate must be a third or fourth year undergraduate at an accredited academic institution at the time of the award (Fall 2019). 

Applications must be received by May 24, 2019 to be considered.

For application instructions and other details see the announcement on the GRC website at: www.geothermal.org/students.html

Please direct questions regarding the scholarship awards to: Brian Schmidt, bschmidt@geothermal.org or 530-758-2360, ext. 104

Friday, March 15, 2019

Geothermal Energy News from Around the World

Global Geothermal News - Weekly Update (Geothermal Resources Council)


A round-up of this week's international geothermal energy news.......

Click on the links below
to view the whole story and other news on Global Geothermal News.


September 15-18, 2019
Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California, USA.


Call for Papers - The GRC has issued a call for papers for the world�s biggest annual geothermal energy conference. The deadline for submission is Friday, March 15th. More Information..........

Book Your Rooms Now - The official hotels are either connected to the convention center or just one block away. Rooms are available starting at $150 per night. Make your reservations........ Book by 21st August.


Exhibitor Registration Now Open - This is an opportunity to display goods and services at one of the largest geothermal energy trade shows on the planet. Reserve your booth.......

Get Your Company Noticed - Sponsorships are now available. These are great opportunities for companies to get more exposure at the largest annual geothermal gathering in the world. Make the geothermal community take notice, become a sponsor now!


Monday, March 11

Global: Future Leader of International Geothermal Energy Association - The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the election of Jon Trujillo as President-Elect. He will become the 27th President of the global geothermal energy organization in January 2021 after the term of current President Andy Sabin ends.

Tuesday, March 12
Kenya: Three New National Entities to Manage and Regulate Energy Resources - The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority will regulate generation, importation, exportation, transmission, distribution, supply and use of electrical energy. It will also manage production, conversion, distribution, supply, marketing and use of renewable energy.

Netherlands: Exploration for Geothermal Resources Could be Tailor-Made for Oil Firms- Firms such as Shell, France's Engie and Canadian independent Vermilion Energy have submitted plans for large geothermal heat projects in the Netherlands in recent months.

Wednesday, March 13
USA: Appropriation Budget for Geothermal Technologies Office - Call for Action by GRC- To that end, we ask that GRC members with relationships in Congressional offices share these with their Members of Congress or Members/Senators that represent locations where you have a major project presence.

Thursday, March 14
Canada: Shell Oil to Support Closed-Loop Conduction-Only Geothermal Energy Project- Eavor Technologies Inc. has announced Shell International Exploration and Production, via its New Energies Research & Technology program, has signed an agreement to join a field trial of Eavor�s disruptive new closed-loop conduction-only geothermal energy solution (Eavor-Loop�).

Sweden: Geothermal Heat Power Investment Company Issues Green Bond - Baseload Capital has issued its first green bond. In total, SEK 500 million has been raised to finance low temperature geothermal heat power globally.

Friday, March 15
Norway: Wells to be Drilled to 1500 Meters for Geothermal District Heating Project - It's only the second time to go so deep in Norway. It has been done once before at Gardermoen, and to get this in time and at cost, we have adopted a special drilling method with compressed air.

USA: Enel Transfers Ownership of Geothermal Power Plants Within Group - In line with the Group�s 2019-2021 Strategic Plan, this transaction aims to increase Enel�s consolidated capacity in the key US market, extracting more value through full ownership of assets that use strategic renewable technologies.

USA: BLM Removes Sage Grouse Protections in West - The new plans ? covering millions of acres of public land in Colorado, northeastern California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming ? allow enormous new loopholes for fossil-fuel development that conservation groups say will doom the bird to extinction.

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    USA: BLM Removes Sage Grouse Protections in West

    Trump Administration Slashes Sage Grouse Protections (Center for Biological Diversity)

    The Trump administration released final land-management plans today that wipe out critical protections for imperiled greater sage grouse in seven western states. The new plans ? covering millions of acres of public land in Colorado, northeastern California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming ? allow enormous new loopholes for fossil-fuel development that conservation groups say will doom the bird to extinction.

    The new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans unravel greater sage-grouse protections approved in 2015 by western states and federal officials. That Obama-era agreement was intended to reverse the bird�s decline and prevent the need to list it as endangered. Among other things, the new plans will allow the BLM to lease hundreds of thousands of acres of high-priority sage-grouse habitat for oil and gas drilling. They also eliminate science-based habitat standards for grazing in sage-grouse habitat and make it easier for BLM officials to waive protective buffers around sage-grouse mating and nesting areas, called leks.

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    United Kingdom: One Day Workshop on UK Geoenergy Observatories Project

    NERC UK Geoenergy Observatories project - Innovation event (News Release)

    3 June 2019, Technology Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

    The workshop will be focused on the innovation requirements to underpin the development of geothermal energy resources in the UK. Delivering a UK-wide geothermal resource into the energy system requires cross-sector collaboration and innovation.

    Opportunities range from deep geothermal to shallow mine-water geothermal and require innovation in a wide range of fields: from heat resource characterisation, site investigation, design of engineering infrastructure, construction and maintenance of facilities, sensors for better control of the geosphere-engineering hardware system and stronger regulatory compliance to data analytics and innovation in public engagement. Register........

    More Information.........

    Norway: Wells to be Drilled to 1500 Meters for Geothermal District Heating Project

    Her skal det bores 1.500 meter for � hente ut varme til politiets beredskapssenter - Here, 1,500 meters will be drilled to extract heat for the police emergency response center (Bygg)

    Varmen fra 1.500 meters dype energibr�nner skal brukes til sn�smelting av helikopterplasser, gatevarme og oppvarming av en innend�rs skytebane p� politiets nye beredskapssenter.

    � Det er bare andre gang man g�r s� dypt i Norge. Det er gjort en gang tidligere p� Gardermoen, og for � f� dette til tids- og kostnadsmessig har vi tatt i bruk en spesiell boremetode med trykkluft. Hammerslag gj�r borearbeidene b�de rimeligere og raskere sammenlignet med rotasjonsboring, sier Per Daniel Pedersen som er byggherrens faglige leder for VVS i det omfattende byggeprosjektet.

    (From Google Translate) The heat from 1,500 meter deep wells will be used for snow melting of helicopter spaces, street heating and heating of an indoor shooting range at the police's new emergency response center.

    - It's only the second time to go so deep in Norway. It has been done once before at Gardermoen, and to get this in time and at cost, we have adopted a special drilling method with compressed air. Hammer strokes makes drilling work both cheaper and faster compared to rotary drilling, says Per Daniel Pedersen who is the builder's professional manager for plumbing in the extensive construction project.

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    Netherlands: Important to Utilize Each Source of Geothermal Heat to the Maximum in Urban Areas

    Large scale subsurface heat storage is complementary to geothermal energy (KWR)

    Dr. Ir. Martin Bloemendal During His Presentation at the DAP Symposium
    (Foto Credit: Beerd Volkers).

    One key issue in the energy transition is to deal with availability and demand of heat. In urban areas demand is concentrated at a small area as well as during a short time frame: during the winter. Because sustainable sources of heat are scarce and geothermal is hard to implement in urban areas it is important to utilize each source of heat to the maximum. Aquifer thermal energy storage can provide this load-shifting. 

    USA, Idaho: City of Boise Plans to Expand Use of Geothermal Energy

    Boise set to vote on goal of the entire city powered by renewable energy by 2040 (Idaho Press-Tribune)

    The City of Boise posts plaques on the buildings
    around town that use geothermal energy.
    After first floating the idea at the end of 2018, Boise City Council has decided to vote next month on setting a goal of having the entire city powered by renewable energy by 2040. Even though the goal is ambitious, city officials say it�s attainable by using energy efficiency and existing renewable resources, along with advocating for new sources of energy.

    The draft plan laying out how the city is going to tackle the problem is available on the city�s website and will be open for public comment during the regular council meeting on April 2.

    The City of Boise operates the largest direct-use geothermal system in the country. Boise's geothermal resource is unique and already serves a portion of the community�s buildings with renewable energy for space heating, water heating, and sidewalk snow melt.

    The City utility plans to further expand the existing infrastructure and the amount of geothermal water that it can deliver into the future. Expanding the geothermal district opens the door to incorporating additional buildings as well as the potential for new and innovative renewable and waste heat resources.

    To ensure the geothermal resource remains renewable, the City must continue to monitor the capacity and replenishment of the aquifer that provides the geothermal resource. If the aquifer remains at acceptable levels, the City plans to continue to apply for water rights and expand the geothermal system by 10 to 15 million gallons per year. Currently, there is good potential to add additional customers to the existing piping.

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