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 25, 2023
DOE Analysis Highlights Opportunities to Expand Clean, Affordable Geothermal Power
New report finds geothermal energy could provide power equivalent to over 65 million U.S. homes
January 23, 2023
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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