One of the many obstacles for hopeful settlers is the need for power and heat on these barren landscapes. Some geologists and other scientists theorize that geothermal energy may be the answer.
Current Activities at Utah FORGE
As part of the Energy & Geoscience Institute‘s Spring Webinar Series, Dr. Joseph Moore recently gave an overview of geothermal energy and enhanced geothermal systems.
… Enhanced geothermal systems are characterized by very low permeabilities and so the goal for EGS is to create permeabilty where none exists naturally…
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Dr. Moore gave a brief summary of the most current activities at Utah FORGE, its recent successes and challenges.
Utah FORGE is a Department of Energy funded project and all of the data is free and publicly available in the Geothermal Data Repository. Please visit our Data Dashboard to explore the various areas of datasets available.
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