For geothermal power generation capacity to expand worldwide, operators must put more focus on optimizing the performance of their geothermal turbines.
“can penetrate fractures faster and more easily and can carry far more energy per well to the surface—roughly five to ten times the energy produced by today’s commercial geothermal wells ...
A ground-breaking discovery is sparking hope that geothermal energy at least five times more powerful than current wells could be on the horizon. The breakthrough comes thanks to "superdeep, ...
At the meeting, there were some calls from the 11 residents in attendance for UMass to halt the geothermal wells plan, and move it farther to the west, to Lot 26. Neighbors also sought more ...
The push to enhance U.S. geothermal power production as a cleaner alternative picked up steam in October with U.S. Interior Dept. approval of a potential record 2-GW project in Utah as well as ...
Taiwan has started drilling its first deep geothermal exploration well in Yilan, in collaboration with Academia Sinica and CPC Corp. The well is expected to reach over 4 kilometers deep and will ...
X-ray tomography scans of rock at different temperatures show that it's possible to fracture it for geothermal purposes well beyond the necessary depths “Geologists long thought that the brittle ...