17+ hour, 34+ min ago   (121+ words) Department of Energy (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Initiative: Combined Wellbore Construction and Evaluation Project Lead: Clemson University Project Timeline: 1/01/2025 - 12/31/2027 Currently, no well-logging tool exists that can function at these temperatures and pressures. The proposed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (421+ words) An aerial view of the Environmental Management Disposal Facility’s groundwater field demonstration study. Crews installed devices on the facility’s future footprint to measure groundwater elevation levels over two wet seasons. OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (294+ words) Department of Energy (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Office of Geothermal Project Spotlight: Evaluation of Physics-Based Drilling and Alternative Bit Design Project: Evaluation of Physics-Based Drilling and Alternative Bit Design Initiative: Drilling Demonstrations Initiative Project…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (132+ words) Project Lead: National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) Project Timeline: January 11, 2021 – October 31, 2025 During the project, NLR and LBNL ranked and analyzed existing geoscientific methods, developed and validated new geophysical and geochemical methods, and created a Play Fairway Analysis methodology for…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (539+ words) Department of Energy (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Geothermal direct use is the use of geothermal energy for heating or other applications without first converting it to electricity. Direct-use geothermal applications use wells—usually deeper…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (452+ words) Size: 1.2 million square feet of building space Cost Savings: $15.9 million since 2008 Energy Use: 10 kilowatt-hours per square foot per year Download the full case study for additional fast facts. In 2007, Colorado Mesa University (CMU) began planning Dominguez Hall, the university’s first…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (325+ words) Department of Energy (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS FORGE: Creating Pathways for Geothermal Bringing geothermal into the spotlight. In 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Geothermal released a funding opportunity to establish a dedicated…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (293+ words) Geothermal Power Accelerator: Expanding States’ Geothermal Efforts Department of Energy (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Geothermal Power Accelerator: Expanding States’ Geothermal Efforts The Geothermal Power Accelerator is a 15-state effort to expand the use of…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (52+ words) Obermeyer Hydro, Inc.’s novel PSH system reduces capital costs, negative environmental impacts, and geological risks associated with PSH development. This article is part of the Letter from the Director Download the Full Report >> A publication capturing these results, methodologies,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (559+ words) Department of Energy (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Geothermal INTERN: The Third Time’s Just as Charming As geothermal R&D accelerates across the United States, the Geothermal INTERN opportunity is connecting emerging talent with formative…...