Geothermal Energy Poised for Significant Growth in the US

Geothermal Energy Poised for Significant Growth in the US

“It’s going to be the decade of geothermal.” That’s according to Cindy Taff, chief executive of geothermal company Sage Geosystems, in an interview in The Hill earlier this year. While Trump is making clean energy cuts left and right, the administration has stayed surprisingly bullish on geothermal, causing bullish outlooks for the burgeoning sector across the United States. While geothermal currently represents only a sliver of renewable energy…

A control center for geothermal pumps in the small rural town of Lowman, located in Boise, Idaho. The power generated by the center powers 500 buildings across the state using clean, renewable energy from deep underground. Idaho is unique in that it boasts hundreds of hot springs, which could be tapped into to create the largest geothermal energy system in the United States. Idaho is the only US state that uses geothermal heat as an energy sourc…