Pilot project seeks to fix Achilles’ heel of geothermal power

Pilot project seeks to fix Achilles’ heel of geothermal power

A pilot project from a team of oil industry veterans could save one of California’s key clean energy resources from terminal decline. On Thursday, the Oklahoma City-based GreenFire Energy announced it had restored new life to a defunct well in the Geysers, the world’s largest geothermal power station — and one that has been in…

Pilot project seeks to fix Achilles heel of geothermal power

A pilot project from a team of oil industry veterans could save one of California’s key clean energy resources from terminal decline. On Thursday, the Oklahoma City-based GreenFire Energy announced it had restored new life to a defunct well in the Geysers, the world’s largest geothermal power station — and one that has been in a state of slow, decades-long collapse. By means of technology that taps the heat from underground — rather than the rap…