The project will use the Melbourne-based cleantech developer's Kalina Cycle technology, which it claims is 40% more efficient than competing geothermal systems, particularly in low-temperature geothermal projects.

Wasabi will develop the project in a consortium with Swiss utility Axpo and Geysir Europe, a German geothermal group.

The Australian company says it will receive a stake of up to 15% in the Taufkirchen project by providing technology and related services after the first geothermal production well has been drilled and the viability of the resource confirmed.

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