Grant Proposals for Drilling Demonstration Projects Mandatory letters of intent due March 1 J.J. Smith February 15, 2024 No Comments The DOE’s Geothermal Technologies Office is accepting grant proposals for geothermal drilling demonstration projects.Read More
DOE: ‘Significant Potential’ in Salton Sea Lithium Reserves Geothermal Brine Extraction Could Support U.S. Battery Needs The Driller Staff December 1, 2023 No Comments Energy Department finds California region could meet U.S. battery needs through geothermal brine extraction.Read More
Making Trades Like Drilling Competitive for Younger Workers Grants Help, but Drilling Companies Need Focus, Mindset Change Brock Yordy June 28, 2023 One Comment Grants and tax incentives can help, but we also need to ask why young people so often choose other industries.Read More
What is Drilling’s Place in a Carbon-Free Future? Getting to Net Zero — and Staying there — Requires Drillers Brock Yordy May 26, 2023 No Comments People say moving away from carbon-based power generation and storage means an end to drilling. They’re wrong.Read More
Episode 26 – The Driller Newscast Excess Water Ideas and $44M for Hot Rock Geothermal Research August 29, 2022 No Comments How do we get water from places where it is plentiful to drought-stricken areas? It’s episode 26.Read More
Geothermal Resources Council Rebrands as Geothermal Rising Group Says it Continues to Champion Ground-Source Energy October 21, 2020 No Comments New name, website for group, but advocacy for ground-source energy remains.Read More
Geothermal Resources Council Announces New Board Members Blake, de Jong Join Incumbents Robertson Tait and Nordquist January 23, 2020 No Comments Kelly Blake, Elisabeth de Jong elected as new board members.Read More
Project Aims to Improve Geothermal Drilling Bit Penetration Texas A&M Project Ups ROP Using Plasma Bursts April 18, 2019 No Comments Texas A&M’s SPARC project boosts ROP using plasma bursts.Read More
A First for Geothermal Power Alexis Brumm October 8, 2018 No Comments Mother Nature is a foe that man can’t quite conquer. However, John McLennan, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Utah, is ready to try.Read More
IGSHPA 2017 Conference to Take Place in Denver Upcoming Geothermal Event Scheduled for March 14-16 December 29, 2016 No Comments The exhibit hall, open March 15 and 16, is free to the public.Read More