KUER by David Condos
There’s a new hotspot in the world of geothermal energy: a seemingly sleepy valley in Beaver County. Its secret? The valley sits on top of bedrock that reaches temperatures up to 465 degrees Fahrenheit.

Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewal Energy
The university buildings manager has seen firsthand that, with geothermal energy providing heating and cooling, “You don’t have to sacrifice comfort or quality of life to reduce your energy usage.”

The New York Times

PBS Utah, Utah Insight
The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is well underway throughout the world, but what does that mean for Utah? We explore the ways our state can decrease pollution while maintaining affordability and reliability in our electric grid. Plus, how we can protect the economies of Utah communities with long histories of fossil fuel production.

@TheU by Brian Maffly

Wired Magazine by Gregory Barber
New experiments in the deserts of Utah and Nevada show how advances in fracking—technology developed by the oil industry—can be repurposed to tap clean geothermal energy anywhere on Earth.

Bloomberg

@TheU by Sarah Buening
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited the U in early February and praised the geothermal infrastructure it has established to date, calling geothermal the “holy grail of clean energy.”

Think GeoEnergy by Carlo Cariaga
Initial tests have confirmed connectivity of production and injection wells at the Utah FORGE site via the stimulated subsurface fracture network.

ABC4 Utah
The Utah Department of Energy is sponsoring the Utah Forge Project.

The Salt Lake Tribune by Tim Fitzpatrick
Utah FORGE scientists connect two deep wells that could one day generate a continuous flow of hot water to produce power.

Deseret News by Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Success marked as deep wells achieve connection to tap geothermal energy in Beaver County.