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Expansion of Cooperation in Harnessing Geothermal Energy in China. Read more »

Expansion of Cooperation in Harnessing Geothermal Energy in China.

Today, Fu Chengyu, Chairman of the Board of Sinopec Group, and Haukur Hardarson, Chairman of the Board of the Icelandic company Orka Energy Holding ehf, signed an agreement that expanded their cooperation in harnessing geothermal energy for domestic heating, electricity production and other related projects…


Orka Energy and SINOPEC meet with President of Iceland Read more »

Orka Energy and SINOPEC meet with President of Iceland

Orka Energy invited the Chairman of SINOPEC Group, Mr. Fu Chengyu, along with a delegation from his company to visit Iceland during the visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. During that visit, Orka Energy and SINOPEC met with President of Iceland Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson…


Delegation Led by Mayor of Reykjanesbær Visited SGE Read more »

Delegation Led by Mayor of Reykjanesbær Visited SGE

A delegation led by Mr. Arni Sigfusson Mayor of Reykjanesbær and Mr.Ragnar Baldursson,Minister Counsellor of Icelandic Embassy in China visited the SGE on March 12. They were accompanied by deputy Mayor of Xianyang Municipality. They visited two heat centrals and debriefed a report by Mr Yang Rongliang ,…


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SGE successfully registers the first geothermal CDM project

SGE has registered a geothermal heating project under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), according to an announcement made on Monday. The project is the world’s first geothermal heating project under the CDM, part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The project…


Shaanxi Green Energy featured on CCTV4 Read more »

Shaanxi Green Energy featured on CCTV4

The Chinese state television, CCTV, aired a program about geothermal cooperation between Iceland and China last Sunday evening. The cities of Reykjavik and Baoding in Hebei Province were given special focus in the program, which is called City 1-on-1 and was shown on CCTV4, the…


President of Iceland and Premier of China discuss Orka’s JV in China Read more »

President of Iceland and Premier of China discuss Orka’s JV in China

Today, Monday 16 January 2012, H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, met with H.E. Wen Jiabao, Premier of China. Both are participating in the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. Among other things they discussed the use of Icelandic knowledge and technology in…


Shaanxi Green Energy to Expand Its Geothermal Capacity Sixfold Read more »

Shaanxi Green Energy to Expand Its Geothermal Capacity Sixfold

The owners of Shaanxi Green Energy Geothermal Development Company, China’s Sinopec Star and Iceland’s Enex China, a subsidiary of Orka Energy, have signed an agreement to expand Shaanxi’s capacity in geothermal space heating from 3 million square meters to 20 million square meters. Once full…


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