Nontoxic solution could cut water use in half for enhanced geothermal systems More American homes could be powered by the earth’s natural underground heat with a new, nontoxic and pote... Read more
Why isn’t there more use of geothermal energy for power plants? Here’s another use for fracking: expanding access to hot rocks deep beneath Earth’s surface for energy production.... Read more
Forgotten and filed away decades ago, millions of documents on geothermal research are now helping scientists make harvesting Earth’s energy affordable Geologic data does not come che... Read more
The Newberry EGS demonstration is the largest project funded to date by the DOE Geothermal Technologies Program.H aving successfully negotiated the challenging regulatory slopes of the U.S.... Read more
Triggering earthquakes would be a bad idea This summer, scientists will begin pumping water into the sides of a dormant volcano in Oregon at pressures great enough to cause small earthquakes... Read more
The demand for sustainable energy is higher than ever. According to a study by BP, global energy consumption has seen a 5.3% increase within the last year, the largest jump since 1973... Read more
10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today New research from SMU’s Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources... Read more