Traditional geothermal works only in places where heat of 150°C to 200°C and permeable fractures happen to occur within 4km ...
It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new ...
Back in September, Karine Kleinhaus, a director at the Environmental Defense Fund, addressed an auditorium of suit-clad oil industry executives at Halliburton’s Houston headquarters. It was a bit of ...
Right now, most geothermal companies fill their rosters by poaching workers with directly transferable skills from the fossil fuel and water well drilling industries. That means most of those ...
Scientists have calculated where superhot rock geothermal energy might be extracted, and how much power it might be able to provide. A map developed by the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) with the ...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has recently leased out more than 5,000 acres of public land for geothermal energy in Malheur County. Leasing of the land is the first step in developing geothermal ...
Oil and gas isn’t the only source of energy lurking under our feet. Drill deep enough and Earth’s temperature stays consistent enough that it can be a source of heating and cooling for homes, offices, ...
BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. Department of Energy report this spring made a bold prediction. The nascent geothermal industry, it said, has a ready workforce of 300,000 engineers, hydrologists, drillers and ...
With its nation-leading renewables fleet and oil and gas industry, Texas is poised to dominate what boosters hope will be America’s next great energy boom: a push to tap the heat of the subterranean ...
Geothermal energy produced in Utah is reliable, cost-effective and could help address increasing energy demand nationwide. But, according to Rep. Celeste Maloy, the federal government is getting in ...