geothermal

As energy poverty persists across Africa, Kenya has found an unlikely solution beneath its feet—one that could reshape how the continent powers itself.

Dewhurst Group has secured a geothermal exploration permit for its Cóndor Paipa project in Paipa, Boyacá, described as Colombia's first commercial-scale permit. The post Dewhurst Group Secures Geothermal Exploration Permit for Colombia’s Cóndor Paipa Project appeared first on iGrow News .

Operational decisions play a critical role in governing fluid and heat transport in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), particularly in crystalline rocks where flow pathways are highly heterogeneous. This study combines block-scale laboratory experiments with high-resolution thermal-hydraulic simulations in CMG-STARS and optimization routines in CMOST to investigate the influence of injection rate…

Thousands of feet beneath the desert valley of southwest Utah, a slender tool tucked inside a drill pipe is barreling through hot granite. The rod-shaped device, built by the startup Hephae Energy Technology , is a tracker of sorts, wirelessly sending data to help operators above steer the drill below and to measure…

dc.title: Wellbore thermal modeling with porous annular layers and dynamic bit temperature prediction for high-pressure high-temperature geothermal drilling dc.description.abstract: This thesis presents a modeling framework that quantifies thermal behavior in high- pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) geothermal drilling systems, with an emphasis on the influence of porous regions near the wellbore.…

Sage Geosystems ran a 3MW enhanced geothermal pilot near Christine, Texas for over 120 days and reported water losses below 10% of the volume cycled. <p>The post Sage Geosystems brings its first geothermal plant online in Texas first appeared on Winssolutions .</p>

Geothermal power used to be limited to volcanic areas. But advances in exploration and drilling technology mean huge new areas can be tapped.

Next-generation geothermal energy has massive potential in the western United States, but it won’t be realized unless developers can overcome the big economic barriers these novel systems face. Unlike traditional geothermal plants, next-gen projects use innovative underground techniques to produce power wherever…

The field lab de-risks and tests tools and technologies necessary to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Declan Goldhawk knew he wanted to spend the summer expanding on what he’s learning in college while branching out into unfamiliar territory. A 10-week internship in Alaska — a place he’s never been — researching geothermal energy at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power checked both boxes.

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Geothermal company Zanskar bought a New Mexico power plant in 2024 that appeared from the outside to be failing. The shallow wells had been rapidly losing heat, and the plant was having trouble…

Startup Quaise Energy has raised $134 million to advance its first superhot geothermal power plant in central Oregon. On Tuesday, the Houston-based company announced the first tranche of its Series B financing round, which brings the firm’s total funding to $230 million. Quaise is developing a 50-megawatt plant near…

IntroductionDecarbonizing energy production is essential for achieving greenhouse gas mitigation goals. To date, most of the work on decarbonizing energy has been focused on electricity. The decarbonization of heat is also critical, as the heat demand from current industries is expected to grow and be supplemented by demand in emerging sectors (e.g. carbon dioxide removal). Despite this need, hea…

Geophysical applications to geothermal energy — Introduction Gasperikova, Erika; Fehler, Michael; Asanuma, Hiroshi; Trainor-Guitton, Whitney; Tezkan, Bülent; Bertrand, Ted Geothermal energy is a renewable resource that has the potential to provide much-needed energy in many regions around the globe. Electric power generation from hydrothermal and geopressured geothermal systems has been successfu…

Speaker/Affiliation: Kristine Pankow, University of Utah Title: Utah FORGE: A Field-Scale Geothermal Laboratory When: Wednesday, April 22nd 12:00pm PST  Location:&#160;EMS B214&#160; Abstract: The Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) is a U.S. Department of Energy funded project to de-risk technologies necessary to make Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) commercially…

A new government-funded geothermal initiative, which includes an interactive map, has launched to help decision makers assess the geothermal potential across the UK. The post New platform highlights geothermal potential across the UK appeared first on British Geological Survey .

Geothermal energy offers a sustainable way to power homes and industries by harnessing the Earth’s heat. However, extracting this energy from deep, hot dry rock layers presents unique challenges, such as maintaining permeable channels—or fractures—within high-temperature, high-pressure, high-stress environments. The fractures in geothermal reservoirs allow fluids to flow through the reservoir and…

BGS has reached the halfway mark on its ambitious ground-source heat pump project at its headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. The post Local MP checks in on development of new geothermal ‘living laboratory’ in Nottinghamshire appeared first on British Geological Survey .