DoE Begins Tests for Fracked Geothermal

DoE Begins Tests for Fracked Geothermal

The Trump administration is no friend of wind and solar. Axed subsidies and project suspensions have been the attitude towards those alternative forms of energy. Geothermal, however, is something else. The current Department of Energy is very much for it. In fact, it is so much for it that it funded an experiment that would show whether fracking technology could be used to generate geothermal anywhere in the world. Geothermal energy is, simply p…

Long-term enhanced geothermal test begins in Utah

The test will study “unknown variables required to ensure long term EGS production remains commercially viable,” said Kristie McLin, principal investigator at the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy.

Long-term enhanced geothermal test begins in Utah %

A four-month test of enhanced geothermal systems performance, aimed at derisking the technology to ensure its commercial viability, began in Utah earlier this month, according to the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy. The test is an “extended circulation” which will allow the FORGE team to “evaluate reservoir performance under continuous flow” over the course of 90 days, potentially extended to 120 days, FORGE said in an Aug…

Trump Admin's Geothermal Push Gets Big Test in Utah Desert

The future of geothermal energy, a renewable source that has charged up conservatives and liberals alike, is being charted in a scrubby patch of sagebrush.