"The results show the sprawling expanse of U.S. potential for #geothermal, which taps heat from deep within the earth for clean, on-demand energy. That potential is especially red-hot in the western U.S., with striking hot spots also seen across the colder, older regions of the East.
Like most innovative IDUs, #geothermal as an energy source, will get cheaper.
In Mar, J Shah, DIR: Energy Dept’s Loan Project Office: $25B in investment over the next 5 yrs <cost of the last nuclear plant to be built -could begin a rolling snowball of funding that could power b/w 80-260M HHs by midcentury with clean, reliable power.
Next gen. of geothermal: currently in its infancy -first few projects will be expensive & high-risk as the IDU gets-.
"Mexico’s Constitution stipulates that the country’s transmission and distribution lines must be state-owned.
#Mexico has massive #geothermal energy reserves, which can be accessed with drilling techniques already utilized by Pemex workers and engineers.
“Energy transitions are faster if implemented by the state,” Romero said, and better at meeting goals other than profit, like expanding access to cleaner and more affordable electricity. "
Special mud helps XGS Energy get more power out of geothermal wells
Young geothermal energy wells can be like budding prodigies, each brimming with potential to outshine their peers. But like people, most decline with age. In California, for example, the amount of electricity generated by geothermal power plants declined by 15% between 2001 and 2018, partly because existing wells degraded.
I know everybody hates the oil companies, and for good reason.
But their drilling knowhow could be the dark horse in the race for decarbonisation.
The potential for advanced geothermal energy with supercritical water techniques hold the key for unlocking vast amounts of carbon-free energy that is as stable as fossil fuels.
We are sitting on a ball of hot magma heated by nuclear radiation and movement of the moon.
Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using #geothermal, #hydro, #solar or #wind power.
"Some of the most established universities in the country are switching to sustainable energy to power their campuses in an effort to meet #climate goals.
Brightcore has projects in the works at [Yale University,] Columbia University, Princeton University, Brown University, setting a sustainable example for other schools to follow."
Driven by the promise of clean energy, Iceland embarks on a groundbreaking mission to unlock the Earth's fiery core, potentially fueling a global geothermal revolution.
A struggling #California region is suddenly poised to become wealthy.
I hope they can find a way to get it out without damaging pristine #desert, but enough of the area has been damaged by #agriculture or misuse that they might be able to find a way to mine it without causing actual damage to the #environment. Maybe.
"#Indonesia has the largest #geothermal reserves in the world, concentrated on the islands of Sumatra and Java.
Experts, however, are split over whether the industry will be able to hit its ambitious goals to generate game-changing amounts of energy given the costs of exploratory drilling and insufficient government support for the industry."