For geothermal scientists, steaming hot springs scattered throughout Idaho are more than just a popular relaxation destination. They’re an indicator of the state’s potential in clean energy. Despite ...

Bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee spoke in favor of nine measures intended to expand the use of geothermal energy. Witnesses from the Bureau of Land Management, ...

New bipartisan legislation unveiled Dec. 18 on Capitol Hill would extend long-standing oil and gas tax provisions to ...

After several years of stagnancy, prospects for the geothermal power industry are heating up. Over the past year, it has seen a flurry of legislative boosts, an uptick of power purchase agreements, ...

Far below the rolling hills of western Turkey, an ancient fire is always at work. In the Alaşehir Valley, where the Earth’s ...

Geothermal energy may not be a large contributor to the U.S. power mix—it provided less than 0.5% of total U.S. generation in 2015—but it is a reliable and dispatchable renewable energy source that ...

Drilling has begun at the Australian company's Controlled Thermal Resources geothermal energy and lithium plant near the Imperial Wildlife Area on the south side of the Salton Sea on Nov. 9, 2021, in ...

The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday on a number of bills aimed at accelerating federal permitting for geothermal energy projects, part of a broader push to boost ...

Geothermal energy has an advantage over other renewable sources because it can run almost all the time, the International Energy Agency said. Power sourced from heat beneath the Earth’s surface could ...

The University of Colorado Boulder may soon start using geothermal energy on campus if two new studies show future potential. The use of heat from the Earth to generate on-site electricity will depend ...

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — — Geothermal power was once king of California’s renewable energy. So many companies were clamoring to transform steam into electricity that they sucked the world’s largest ...

Two to three miles below our feet lies a nearly inexhaustible source of energy, and a number of startups are working to harness it to provide carbon-free electricity. Unlike solar and wind generation, ...