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Polis Administration Awards $7.3 Million for Innovative Geothermal Heating and Cooling

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) announced $7.3 million in awards through the third cycle of the Colorado Geothermal Energy Tax Credit Offering (GETCO) on Thursday. This competitively awarded, refund...

Kuju volcano study maps permeable windows for supercritical geothermal

A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment presents high-resolution seismic evidence of supercritical fluid pathways near the volcanic brittle–ductile transition (BDT) beneath...

South America map reveals 6,000 GW of untapped geothermal power

Project InnerSpace today announced the launch of GeoMap™ South America, a geothermal exploration platform that reveals the continent’s vast untapped geothermal potential to deliver firm, locally pr...

California bill expands clean energy certification to geothermal

The State of California has passed legislation to incorporate geothermal energy facilities into its fast track certification program, providing a streamlined permitting and approvals process previous...

Three geothermal deep wells to be drilled in Košice, Slovakia

The city of Košice in eastern Slovakia is initiating a geothermal development project with the drilling of three production wells to support its district heating network. Each well is expected to rea...

Drilling deeper: New Zealand explores supercritical geothermal

New Zealand’s government has allocated NZ$60 million to accelerate exploration of supercritical geothermal energy, aiming to access reservoirs at extreme temperature and pressure conditions that coul...

China and Iceland deepen cooperation in geothermal energy

China and Iceland have issued a joint statement committing to enhanced cooperation on geothermal energy development, as both nations look to leverage their distinct geothermal endowments for green en...

New study finds signs of underground climate change and influence on civil infrastructure

A new study by Alessandro F. Rotta Loria of Northwestern University, titled “The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure”, that was recently published in the Communication...

UK’s most suitable geothermal areas strongly overlap with areas in need of investment, study finds

A study conducted by Durham University and commissioned by Kieran Mullan, Member of Parliament (MP), identified the 45 most suitable sites for deep geothermal development. Furthermore, the same study...

UK’s first deep geothermal energy plant in 37 years begins operations

Eden project’s deep geothermal heating plant, located in Cornwall, began operations on Monday, June 19. The plant consists of a single well, constructed from May to October 2021, and drilled by mea...

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