Beyond its technical advantages, geothermal energy offers an opportunity for workforce transitions. Many skills from the oil and gas industries, such as modeling, drilling techniques, ...

A volcanic eruption in Iceland forced the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa and the town of Grindavík as lava is flowing ...

Can geothermal energy meet the moment? By Brian Dabbs, Jason Plautz | 03/24/2025 07:10 AM EDT . It has support from the Trump administration and has advanced thanks to oil and gas techniques.

A drilling rig operates in the midst of a wind farm Monday, Dec. 27, 2021 in Stanton, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American) Using geothermal energy or underground heat to generate electricity is ...

As Colorado's leaders look for options beyond wind and solar, the state's next “hot” energy source could be geothermal power, which can heat and cool buildings as fluid circulates through ...

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that geothermal district heating alone could serve 45 million American homes. The applications extend far beyond that to greenhouses and aquaculture, food ...

"El Paso Electric could be a very unique partner," Navar said. "In Texas, there is about 31% from renewable power generation in the energy grid, but El Paso only has about 3% from that.

Technology giants are partnering with geothermal start-ups as they seek to power their energy-intensive data centers with clean but reliable power sources. Several deals have been struck over the ...

The U.S. Defense Dept. has included 11 geothermal energy developers among those to be on a technology acceleration program list. Underlying the U.S. geothermal expansion is workforce development.

The Energy Department also estimates that there are 300,000 workers who already know how to frack and run power plants who could find jobs in the enhanced geothermal industry. Bullet Electricity ...

The Utah Office of Energy Development is poised to ink a contract to tap into a study for geothermal resources for development at the Point of the Mountain — the former state prison site.