Tiffani Fraser Joins Geothermal Canada Board of Directors

Geothermal Canada is very pleased to announce that Tiffani Fraser has joined our Board as Director of Northern Canada (Yukon, NWT, and Nunavit).

Yellowknife Geosciences Forum - Nov 20-22, 2018

The 46th Annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum will be held in Yellowknife, NWT from Tues Nov. 20 - Thurs Nov. 22, 2018. Of the several sessions covering a range of topics, including the Energy in Canada's North sessions, which is co-chaired by Kathryn Fiess, Manager, Petroleum Geosciences, Northwest Territories Geological Survey and David Mahon, Manager Energy Projects –Infrastructure. 

Successful Trip to Meager Hot Springs

Last week, two of our board members Jasmin Raymond and Jeff Witter trekked to Meager Creek Hot Springs. The area served as the first geothermal exploration project in Canada several decades ago and hot water still flows at the surface.

Reception, Meeting, & Honourary Awards on June 19

Geothermal Canada is having a special General Meeting to honor Tim Sadlier-Brown, Andrew Nevin, and Alan Jessop for their significant contributions to the geothermal industry. 

BC Royalties Proposal- Comments Requested

British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (EMPR) is considering the development of a royalty regulation under the Geothermal Resources Act.  At this time EMPR would like to obtain input from the geothermal industry and interested parties on the proposed royalty framework and regulation. The attached paper outlines the proposed royalty policy p; if you have comments or input you would like to be considered by EMPR please submit your comments by July 15th, 2018.  If you have questions regarding the attached proposal, or would like to discuss the proposal please contact the Ministry of EMPR. 

Email: GeothermalTitles@gov.bc.ca

Low Carbon Economy Challenge

Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change launched the Low Carbon Economy Challenge, a major new federal funding program. Environment and Climate Change Canada officials and other federal colleagues with funding programs will be holding information sessions across Canada starting the week of March 19.

March 12, 2018 Newsletter

Geothermal Canada has just launched the first newsletter! This issue includes upcoming events like Resources for Future Generations (RFG) 2018 which Geothermal Canada directors will be presenting at, announcements such as Calls for Abstracts and Calls for Session Proposals, and Geothermal Canada updates.

If you would like to receive updates and news directly to your inbox, we invite you to join us as a member.

Energy Recap - Clean Energy Research Could Be in Trouble

Seeking Alpha, a content service for financial markets, hosts weekly roundups of opinions and articles related to the energy sector every Friday. Recently, the US announced a 72% cut to clean energy research programs for 2019. Check out this week´s edition of Energy Recap which highlights the financial future of clean energy research in the US.

Resources for Futures Generations (RFG) 2018

We would like to alert all interested researchers in this important event coming up in June.  Steve Grasby has organized and is convening sessions focused on geothermal energy and Jasmin Raymond will be giving a short course.