Happy Wednesday! Happy Valentine’s Day! We hope it has been a sweet, filled day!
Now we have joined the geothermal
world with our alliance with DrillApp Technologies, LLC we are trying to stay
in the know of this up-and-coming research in this emerging field.
Did anyone see or hear about the
announcement from the Department of Energy (DOE) and their Geothermal Technologies
Office (GTO) on February 13, 2024, they announced, “Biden-Harris
Administration Invests $60 Million to Expand Clean, Renewable Geothermal Energy
- President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Fund Three Projects to
Scale Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Which Have Potential to Deliver Renewable
Geothermal Energy to Power the Equivalent of 65 Million U.S. Homes”? In the article, it speaks about how the DOE has
chosen three geothermal projects on the west coast to show enhanced geothermal
systems (ESG) are part of our clean energy future, and they have the
possibility to receive up to $60 million apiece. The monies will be funded by the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law. These ESG projects
will be to scale and will use the Earth’s crust and its heat to power our modern
world, and they will show it is cost-effective, clean energy, and may be
commercialized.
The companies up for the awarded DOE
funds are Chevron New Energies, Fervo Energy, and
Mazama Energy. Chevron New Energies’
project will be in Sonoma County in northern California, and their pilot
program will use revolutionary drilling and alternative methods which will be close
to an already used geothermal field. Fervo
Energy’s demonstration project will be in Milford Renewable Energy Corridor
in Utah and adjoining to the DOE’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), and their goal will be to make at a minimum
of 8 megawatts of power at each of its wells in a new area with no existing
geothermal field. The third and final project
is from Mazama Energy, and they will use a volcano in Oregon for its pilot project
to prove for the first time ever ESG will be able to use temperatures above 375°. These three projects will be fueling the
future of the what’s next in geothermal on our way to a zero-emission future
and an electrified world! Stay tuned for
the announcement from the DOE on geothermal projects on the east coast. If you
would like to read more of the DOE’S announcement, please click the link: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $60 Million to Expand Clean, Renewable GeothermalEnergy | Department of Energy.
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Check out our previous Blogs
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We hope you have a wonderful evening! Have a romantic evening on this weekday Valentine’s!