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The Geothermal Energy from Oil and Gas Demonstrated Engineering (GEODE) consortium, which launched this week, brings together representatives of the industry, policy and academic worlds to ...
Researchers are exploring AI-powered digital twins as a game-changing tool to accelerate the clean energy transition. These ...
Most geothermal electricity plants in the United States are built near tectonic boundaries in California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah, where the crust is thinnest and subsurface temperatures are ...
Geothermal energy involves drilling deep into earth to harness heat to generate power. It’s a potentially zero-carbon fuel more prevalent in some areas of the western United States, where high ...
A volcanic eruption in Iceland forced the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa and the town of Grindavík as lava is flowing through a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
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.
Geothermal is about to have its moment in the sun. Heat from the Earth’s core could provide a clean, steady, and limitless source of renewable energy to humans. The trick is finding the right ...
In Europe today, geothermal energy is only used to produce 1.5 GW of electricity, mainly in Iceland and Italy. Scientists estimate that Europe could generate the equivalent of 80-100GW from ...
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.
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday threw his support behind a vast expansion in geothermal energy. Emerging forms of geothe… ...
The Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act (CLEAN) passed in the House Tuesday and will amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require the Department of Interior (DOI) to hold lease sales ...
Baseload Capital says the deal will help it add 10 megawatts of carbon-free energy to Taiwan’s power grid by 2029, which would double Taiwan’s current commercial geothermal capacity.