Here’s why Texas is a geothermal energy ‘sleeping giant’
Texas is hot below ground and full of folks with oil and gas drilling expertise, so that makes it ripe for a geothermal energy boom, according to a new study from researchers at five Texas universities.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how deep geothermal drilling might be clean energy’s future
Quaise Energy is on a mission to prove that deep geothermal drilling could provide more than enough clean energy to meet the world’s needs as we move away from fossil fuels. Matt Houde, cofounder at Quaise Energy, explained its potential at the TEDX Boston Planetary Stewardship Event last week.
Expand Expanding CloseDandelion Energy closes a $70M funding round to scale geothermal – but it left Vermont
Dandelion Energy today announced the closure of a $70 million B1 funding round to scale geothermal in the US, but it quietly left Vermont in the fall.
Expand Expanding CloseCould geothermal supply up to 50% of the world’s energy by 2050?
Geothermal supplies just 0.4% of the world’s energy today, but it could potentially supply up to 50% of the world’s energy by 2050, according to Carlos Araque, cofounder and CEO of Quaise Energy, who made that prediction at the SOSV Climate Tech Summit 2022 last week during a panel discussion called, “Is this geothermal’s moment?”
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how the new US tax credits and rebates will work for clean energy home upgrades
US President Joe Biden signed the big climate bill – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – earlier this week. Electrek spoke with Dan Gayer, JD, CPA, a senior manager in the tax practice at Baker Newman Noyes, about how homeowners can claim tax credits and rebates as they work to achieve energy efficiency and lower their energy bills.
Expand Expanding CloseUncle Sam wants you … to help launch geothermal energy pilot schemes
The US Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday issued a request for information (RFI) to support $84 million in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) pilot demonstration projects. It’s part of the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which passed last year.
Expand Expanding CloseHow the UK’s Eden Project is unlocking geothermal energy [video]
Could geothermal power be the future of electricity generation? Fully Charged‘s Robert Llewellyn visits Cornwall to find out how Eden Geothermal is unlocking geothermal energy in the granite beneath the ground.
Expand Expanding CloseDandelion Energy expands residential geothermal to Vermont
Renewable resources provided 99.9% of Vermont’s electricity generation in 2019, the largest share for any state, but it has more than 100,000 homes that use fuel oil, the dirtiest fuel for home heating. US residential geothermal company Dandelion Energy wants to help Vermont ditch the fuel oil – it today announced that it’s expanding its services into the Green Mountain State.
Expand Expanding CloseThis fossil-fuel exec jumped to geothermal. He tells us why
Residential geothermal company Dandelion Energy yesterday announced that it’s hired a new vice president of drillings whose name is Jeremy Smith. What’s unique about Smith? The exec comes from a fossil-fuel background.
Expand Expanding Close10 Questions: Geothermal with Dandelion Energy founder Kathy Hannun
Kathy Hannun came to geothermal while at Alphabet’s X (formerly called Google[x]). In May 2017, she spun the company out and assumed the role of CEO of Dandelion Energy. She’s now in the role of president of the company, which allows her more free time, which means she can talk to us!
Hunnan spoke with Electrek‘s publisher Seth Weintraub and writer Michelle Lewis about why home geothermal systems are more affordable, convenient, and energy-efficient than anything else out there. At the same time, geothermal eliminates the fossil-fuel-based heating oil and gas systems currently in use.
Expand Expanding CloseEGEB: Worst global sulfur dioxide offenders, minewater as geothermal energy, more
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Greenpeace names the worst global sulfur dioxide air pollutant hotspots.
- The UK is exploring using minewater as a source of geothermal energy.
- A gas plant in Fife, Scotland, sparks safety fears due to technical failures.
- Six green energy ideas that flopped.
EGEB: Asian renewable investments to pass oil and gas, US geothermal potential, and more
In today’s EGEB:
- Renewable spending set to pass upstream oil and gas next year in Asia.
- A look at the potential for geothermal energy in the US.
- Albuquerque looks to get more from solar power.
- Massachusetts wants more offshore wind.
EGEB: MidAmerican to offer clients 100% green energy, Dandelion seeks to democratize geothermal energy, market adapts to tariffs
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news.
Today on EGEB, MidAmerican claims it will be the first U.S. utility to offer 100% renewable energy to willing clients. Dandelion seeks to take a foothold in the heating and air conditioning market with a new geothermal unit. Foreign companies adapt to Trump’s tariffs by planning new U.S. factories.