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• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has finalised a new categorical exclusion that will aid in the acceleration of new geothermal discovery on public lands.

• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced a conditional commitment to EnergySource Minerals LLC (ESM), via subsidiary SPV ESM ATLiS LLC (ATLiS) for a direct loan of up to US$1.36bn for the construction and operation of the ATLiS facility in Imperial County, California, which will produce lithium hydroxide from geothermal brine.

• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

Driven by a commitment to work in partnership with indigenous communities to advance the clean energy transition, the Government of Canada has announced it will supply over CAD$2mn in geothermal funding.

• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

A hotbed of energy with frequent volcanic occurrences, the Clear Lake Volcanic Field (CLVF) in Northern California that extends 300 sq miles, is an ideal site for geothermal development. 

• Region: All
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

While solar and wind continue to primarily lead the global energy transition, new energies are also spicing up the mix, with geothermal gaining much traction. As administrations across the globe are announcing funding and studies on this area, its adoption is, however, still at a nascent stage.

• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

While geothermal developments in America have been in the picture ever since the 19th century, they were mostly driven by steam power. The recent ones are being increasingly capacitated by binary cycle, which means the heating of a secondary fluid to gear a turbine. 

• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

The FY25 Phase 1 Release 2 Notice of Funding Opportunity was recently released on 27 December 2024 by the US Department of Energy's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programmes.

• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

Leader in next-gen geothermal development, Fervo Energy recently announced that it has secured US$255mn in funding which comprises both opportunistic corporate equity and new debt financing.

• Region: Europe
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

Nominations for the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award came to an end last week, with applications currently being evaluated on grounds of originality, innovation, reliability, emission reductions, and improvements in energy output.

• Region: Europe
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

Stellantis has unveiled a cutting-edge geothermal system at its manufacturing site in Caen, France, designed to provide sustainable heating and cooling solutions for the facility.

• Region: Turkey
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

Clean energy technology provider Exergy International has signed an agreement with Maren Maras Elektrik Uretim AS for the supply of two new geothermal power plants in Turkey.

• Region: North America
• Topics: Geothermal
• Date: Jan, 2025

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a US$34.8mn loan to the Government Power Company (GPC) of Dominica for the construction of a 10MW geothermal power plant in a bid to strengthen the region’s energy security, reduce the production costs of electricity, and lower carbon emissions within the sector.