Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday threw his support behind a vast expansion in geothermal energy. Emerging forms of geothermal use technology from the fossil fuel industry to generate power on demand without air pollution — something Wright’s company, Liberty Energy, invested millions in. While geothermal “hasn’t achieved liftoff yet, it should and it […]
AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas has issued its first permit for a deep geo-pressured, geothermal well to Sage Geosystems in Atascosa County. Located south of San Antonio in the Anaconcho Formation, this well permit marks a significant milestone in Texas’ energy sector as the first deep geo-pressured, geothermal permit issued since the Texas […]
Four years after the winter freeze left millions of Texans without power, Texas companies and cities are looking to tap into geothermal energy. Watch the video below: Source: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2025/02/18/companies-invest-in-geothermal-as-a-renewable-energy-source
The state’s wildcatting entrepreneurs, embrace of light regulations, and, of course, drilling experience have set the stage for a world-leading boom in geothermal energy production. Even Trump is excited about it. In a “drill, baby, drill” administration that has already shut down wind energy expansion and put the solar industry in limbo by pausing funding and threatening Inflation Reduction […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Even as President Trump slashes support for wind and solar energy, another renewable energy source is finding unexpected favor under his second administration. In early February, newly confirmed Secretary of Energy Chris Wright named geothermal energy, which uses underground heat to generate clean heat and electricity, as one of the prime areas for department research and […]
Geothermal startups hit funding and project milestones this year, buoyed by growing demand for carbon-free energy from data centers, factories, and EVs. Geothermal energy today plays only a minor role in the U.S. electricity mix. Most of the country lacks natural features like hot springs and geysers, where Earth’s simmering heat is relatively easy to reach. But an […]
In the world of renewables, geothermal electrical generation is a giant in infancy, ready to be tapped. According to the Department of Energy (DOE) the US is projected to generate 90 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from geothermal sources by 2050. Projections are that this could grow to 300 GW over time. (For perspective the US […]
Austin Energy will be partnering with Exceed Geo Energy for a 5-MW pilot geothermal power project in Austin, Texas with target operations by 2025. Austin Energy, the electric utility company of Austin, Texas, is partnering with Exceed Energy Inc. for a 5-MW first-of-its-kind geothermal pilot project near the Nacogdoches biomass facility. According to the company’s […]
Earlier this week, tech giant Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—unveiled plans to buy a lot of electricity from an innovative power plant to be built by geothermal energy start-up Sage Geosystems. The location of the new-fangled facility remains sketchy. Somewhere east of the Rockies was all the companies said. But there’s another, even […]
Sage Geosystems, a Houston-based geothermal energy startup, has been tapped to build a new facility to power data centers operated by Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, the companies announced Monday. While a specific location has not been identified, the project would be the first use of next-generation geothermal power east of the Rocky Mountains, […]
