Meet the winners and runners-up of the Statewide Poster Contest, a new initiative to teach students about geothermal energy
2023
Interview – The impact of GeothermEx on the geothermal industry in the last 50 years
ThinkGeoEnergy, by Carlo Cariaga
GeothermEx™, SLB’s geothermal consulting arm, celebrates 50 years of combining deep industry experience with innovation. In an interview, president Ann Robertson-Tait discusses the company’s history, SLB’s new technologies, and how oil and gas expertise can help advance geothermal energy.
How the end of hog farming can kill a way of life in rural Utah
Deseret News, by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
With Smithfield Foods ending contracts with local hog farms, Beaver County faces major economic upheaval. Amid the uncertainty, Utah FORGE in Milford offers hope—advancing clean energy research and potentially helping to fill the gap left by the pork industry.
Optimizing geothermal’s potential with advanced insulative coating technology
Think GeoEnergy by Carlo Cariaga
As the geothermal market heats up, NOV’s insulative pipe coatings help operators maximize high-temperature drilling efficiency and high-energy heat production.
A New Type of Geothermal Power Plant Just Made the Internet a Little Greener
WIRED, by Gregory Barber
Utah FORGE is helping de-risk EGS technology, with Fervo’s nearby 400 MW project showing that scalable geothermal power is within reach.
US DOE announces $44 million funding for EGS innovation projects
Think GeoEnergy by Carlo Cariaga
The US DOE with Utah FORGE has selected 13 projects developing innovative technology for EGS that will receive a total funding of $44 million.
13 Projects Receive $44 Million For Innovations In Enhanced Geothermal Systems
CleanTechnica
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that its Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) field laboratory in Milford, UT, has selected 13 research projects to foster innovation in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).
US Scientists Looking to Expand Geothermal Power Without Hot Springs | VOANews
Voice of America by Lindsay Daniels
Research by geologists in the western U.S. state of Utah could expand the number of places in the world where people can use geothermal power. Lindsay Daniels has our story.
A new type of climate-friendly energy is coming online in the U.S. Southwest
NPR by David Condos
Geothermal energy has been limited to places with subtera reservoirs of hot water. A new technology being proven in Utah is expanding it to exploit dry hot rock underground.
Assessing geothermal energy: How could a new project impact Southwest Utah?
St George News by Alysha Lundgren
The Bureau of Land Management approved the Rodatherm Geothermal Test Bed project in September. The project’s site is roughly 6 miles east of the Mineral Mountains and approximately 12 miles north of Milford, Landon Newell told Cedar City News. Newell works as a staff attorney with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
Utah is ramping up geothermal, using oil and gas tech
The Salt Lake Tribune by Steve Handy
The energy technologies of the future are closer than you think, because in some cases, they are closely connected to the energy technologies of today.
Fervo Energy breaks ground on next-generation geothermal plant
Canary Media by Maria Gallucci
The startup’s planned 400-megawatt facility in Beaver County, Utah will use “enhanced geothermal” technology to harness hard-to-reach heat sources.
Southwest Utah to house world’s largest next-generation geothermal energy project
KSL by Logan Stefanich
BEAVER — Southwest Utah will soon be home to the world’s largest next-generation geothermal energy project that will deliver 400 megawatts of 24/7 carbon-free electricity.