The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) publishes articles, blogs, success stories, highlights, news, and technical reports regularly. Please check back often to receive the latest information on GTO.

January 10, 2023

DoD Issues Request for Proposal for Onsite Geothermal Electricity Generation Prototypes

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an onsite geothermal electricity-generation prototype via the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) website.

January 9, 2023

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SCEP Workforce Programs Issue Request for Information (RFI)

The U.S Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP) is sharing three new workforce programs and asking for input regarding their structure between now and January 26, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

December 14, 2022

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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Over $15 Million to Drive Down Costs of Geothermal Drilling

Projects in Colorado and California Will Demonstrate Drilling Innovations and Help Reduce Costs of Renewable Geothermal Energy

December 7, 2022

Community Event Highlights Geothermal District Heating Potential on Tribal Land

On November 5, 2022, the Geothermal Vision team from the College of Engineering and Mines at the University of North Dakota (UND) and Reykjavik University celebrated their second-place win in the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) 2022 Geothermal...

December 2, 2022

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Hear ye! Hear ye! GTO Announces Geophone Prize Semifinalists

The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) has selected ten semifinalists in Phase 1 of the Geothermal Geophone Prize, a three-phase, $3.65 million competition to address the challenges of operating seismic sensors in harsh geothermal environments.

November 15, 2022

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U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Science Foundation Announce New Internship Program to Support Growth of Geothermal Energy Workforce

DOE and NSF announced a new internship program to support the goals of DOE's recently launched Enhanced Geothermal Shot

November 14, 2022

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Stakeholder Event Highlights Student Plan to Transition Local Oil and Gas Assets to Geothermal Energy

On September 2, 2022, the Sooners Geothermal Team from the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy at the University of Oklahoma (OU), celebrated their first-place win in the Geothermal Technologies Office’s (GTO) Geothermal Collegiate Competition (GCC) by

September 29, 2022

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DOE Announces 19 Organizations Selected to Receive Clean Energy Innovator Fellows

DOE announced the 19 institutions that will host fellows as part of the new $6 million Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship program

August 29, 2022

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DOE Announces Geothermal Manufacturing Prize Winners

DOE announced the winners of the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, a competition to incentivize innovators to use 3D printing to address the challenges associated with operating sensitive equipment in harsh geothermal environments

August 15, 2022

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DOE Announces up to $44 Million to Advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) field laboratory today announced up to $44 million for projects to develop and test technology to foster innovation in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).