Continuing its gradual growth, the geothermal sector has added 587 MW in power generation capacity worldwide from year-end 2017 to year-end 2018.
Additions in 2018 were:
- Turkey – 294 MW
- Indonesia – 139 MW (additions in Sorik Marapi and Lumut Balai, were planned to add 95 MW this year, but did not connect to the grid ahead of year end)
- U.S. – 48 MW
- Iceland – 45 MW
- New Zealand – 25 MW
- Croatia – 18 MW
- China – 15 MW
- Germany – 3 MW
- Unclear – 1 MW
When exploring the actual growth over a 10 year period (additions from 2009 to 2018), the below is the picture:
- Turkey – 1,317 MW
- Indonesia – 956 MW
- U.S. – 599 MW
- Kenya – 509 MW
- New Zealand – 421 MW
- Iceland – 180 MW
- Italy – 134 MW
- Chile – 48 MW
- Others – 177 MW
