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Sage enters land use agreement to build first Geopressured Geothermal System

August 13, 2024 Alterna agreement, Christine, Cindy Taff, Craig Courter, EarthStore, ERCOT, geopressured system, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, land use, North America, Projects/ Research, Sage Geosystems, SMECI, Starr County, Technology, Texas, Think GeoEnergy

Pictured (left to right): Lev Ring, Sage; Tamás Csrefkó, Nabors; Cindy Taff, Sage; Siggi Meissner, Nabors. (source: Sage Geosystems) Sage

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US DOE awards grants to two small businesses for geothermal research

August 7, 2024 Alterna aerial survey, Atlas Energy, data, data collection, drones, exploration, Finance, funding, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Grant, innovation, North America, Projects/ Research, research, SBIR, shallow temperature, small business, Small Business Innovation Research, Small Business Technology Transfer, STTR, Think GeoEnergy, Zonge Engineering and Research Organization

The SBIR/STTR Programs Two small businesses have been awarded grants by the US DOE-GTO for research on advanced data collection

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Harnessing heat from SuperHot rock: The Mazama Energy approach

July 22, 2024 Alterna Drilling, Engineering, Featured, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fractures, hydraulic stimulation, Mazama Energy, modeling, Newberry, North America, Oregon, pilot project, Projects/ Research, reservoir, superhot rock supercritical, Technology, Think GeoEnergy

Harnessing heat from SuperHot rock: The Mazama Energy approach Mazama Energy is developing a suite of technologies to efficiently harness

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Call for abstracts – 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop, February 2025

July 16, 2024 Alterna call for abstracts, call for papers, Event, Events, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, North America, Roland Horne, Stanford, Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Stanford University, Think GeoEnergy, Workshop

Stanford University, California (source: flickr/ Kazuhisa OTSUBO, creative commons) Abstracts are now being accepted for the 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop

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XGS Energy acquires geothermal drilling services company Capuano Engineering

July 9, 2024 Alterna Acquisition, California, Capuano Engineering, closed loop geothermal, Drilling, Finance, General, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Josh Prueher, Lou Capuano, next-generation geothermal, North America, Projects/ Research, Thermal Reach Enhancement, Think GeoEnergy, TRE, well services, XGS Energy

The XGS Energy team (source: XGS Energy) Next-generation geothermal company XGS Energy has acquired global geothermal drilling and services provider

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Mt. Princeton to work with Icelandic partners for Colorado geothermal project

June 27, 2024 Alterna Chaffee County, Colorado, community engagement, community event, Drilling, Finance, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Green by Iceland, Iceland, investment, Mt. Princeton Geothermal, North America, partnership, Projects/ Research, Reykjavik Geothermal, Think GeoEnergy, Western Geothermal

Mt Princeton Geothermal, Western Geothermal, and Reykjavik Geothermal have announced a partnership to jointly develop a geothermal power project in

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Fervo signs 320-MW geothermal PPA with California utility

June 25, 2024 Alterna California, Cape Station, EGS, Fervo Energy, Finance, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, North America, power plant, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, Projects/ Research, Southern California Edison, Think GeoEnergy, Utah

Fervo Energy will be supplying geothermal power from the Cape Station project to utility Southern California Edison under a 15-year

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BLM to hold geothermal lease sale in Nevada on October 2024

June 21, 2024 Alterna Battle Mountain, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Carson City, Elko, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, lease sale, Nevada, North America, Projects/ Research, public comments, Public consultation, Think GeoEnergy, Winnemucca

Ormat’s Desert Peak 2 geothermal power plant, Nevada (source: Ormat Technologies) The Bureau of Land Management is soliciting public comments

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Proposed bill seeks to strengthen supercritical geothermal research in the US

June 14, 2024 Alterna Andrea Salinas, FORGE, Frank Lucas, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, House of Representatives, House Resolution, Legislation, North America, Policy, research, Supercritical, SuperHot, Think GeoEnergy, US Department of Energy, US DOE, USA

Graphical overview of hydrothermal vs superhot rock geothermal (source: CATF) A new bipartisan bill in the US seeks to establish

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Interview – Building geothermal power generation capacity with ABB

June 10, 2024 Alterna ABB, Asia & Pacific, automation, breakers, efficiency, Engineering, Featured, Generators, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Global, interview, Jonas Burström, motors, North America, power plant, Sustainability, switchgears, Technology, Think GeoEnergy

Interview – Building geothermal power generation capacity with ABB In this interview with Jonas Burström, we discuss how ABB is

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News roundup – State funding spurs multiple geothermal projects in Colorado

June 7, 2024 Alterna CLEER, Colorado, Colorado Energy Office, Colorado Mesa University, CU Boulder, Drilling, feasibility study, Finance, funding, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, Geothermal Technologies Inc, Gradient Geothermal, Grant, GTI, heating, Mt. Princeton Geothermal, North America, power plant, Projects/ Research, Pure-Green Colorado, Teverra, Think GeoEnergy, University of Colorado-Boulder

Colorado (source: Erik Cooper / flickr, Creative Commons) The recently announced grants from the Colorado Energy Office have stimulated multiple

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