Energy technology company SLB has teamed up with leading geothermal developer Star Energy Geothermal, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s renewable energy company Barito Renewables, to accelerate advanced technologies for geothermal asset development, thereby progressing the development of geothermal projects globally.
Like the majority of governments around the world, Taiwan’s is taking steps reduce its carbon footprint with a view to reaching net zero by 2050. Its strategic pathway to this goal is based on four major transition strategies in the form of ‘Energy Transition’, ‘Industrial Transition’, ‘Lifestyle Transition’, and ‘Social Transition’. These are flanked by two governance foundations of ‘Technology R&D’ and ‘Climate Legislation’ with a further ’12 Key Strategies’ to ultimately promote economic growth, drive private investment, generate green employment and achieve energy autonomy under the net zero umbrella.
It is heating up in the land Down Under as an abundance of geothermal potential lies under the surface – potential that Google wants to harness in order to meet its 2030 energy goals.