By Stephen Battersby for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for ...

But the geothermal plants of today work at considerably lower temperatures, most ranging from about 100 to 250 o C, and relatively little is known about designing plants for much higher temperatures. ...

Geothermal frontrunner Fervo Energy said Wednesday that it had secured $206 million in financing to continue work on a new power plant in Utah. The startup is developing what promises to be the ...

Energy development of any kind needs to be planned to minimize its impacts on our lands and wildlife. As a city dweller, I understand the reality of urban and technological expansion and the need to ...

Utah is one of only seven states that produce utility-scale geothermal electricity — and while its geothermal power output is ...

When I arrived in Reykjavík, Iceland, last March, a gravel barrier, almost thirty feet at its highest point, had been constructed to keep lava from the Reykjanes volcano from inundating a major ...

CEDAR CITY, Utah - Geothermal energy experts told a congressional subcommittee Monday that the solution to the nation's electricity shortages is under our feet but is difficult to tap because of ...

A Tulsa-based energy company says a new technology could help unlock more geothermal power by changing how wells are drilled and how heat is pulled from underground.

When congressional Republicans took a sledgehammer to the Inflation Reduction Act last summer, advanced geothermal startups were largely spared. Drilling for renewable energy appears to be one of the ...

With AI creating more demand for electricity, geothermal is getting a second look thanks to favorable politics and new ...