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Press ReleasesDecember 14, 2022Projects in Colorado and California Will Demonstrate Drilling Innovations and Help Reduce Costs of Renewable Geothermal EnergyEnergy.gov
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Press ReleasesDecember 7, 2022In November 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 GTO 2022 Geothermal Collegiate CompetitionGeothermal Technologies Office
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Press ReleasesDecember 2, 2022The 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.Geothermal Technologies Office
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November 15, 2022Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new internship program that will support the goals of DOE's recently launched Enhanced Geothermal Shot. The new NSF-DOE collaboration is part of NSF’s INGeothermal Technologies Office
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Press ReleasesNovember 14, 2022On 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).Geothermal Technologies Office
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Press ReleasesOctober 5, 2022The U.S. Department of Energy and the Advanced Manufacturing Office announced its intent to issue a funding opportunity that will support research on the extraction and conversion of lithium from geothermal brines for use of lithium batteries in electricGeothermal Technologies Office
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Press ReleasesSeptember 23, 2022During the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) 2022 Peer Review, 62 GTO-funded projects were presented by investigators and reviewed by external subject matter experts.Geothermal Technologies Office
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September 8, 2022U.S. Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm announced a new Department of Energy goal to make enhanced geothermal systems a widespread renewable energy option in the U.S. by cutting its cost by 90% to $45 per megawatt hour by 2035.Energy.gov
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Press ReleasesSeptember 1, 2022The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, a $4.65 million competition to incentivize innovators to use 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, to address the challenges associated...Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Decarbonization
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Press ReleasesAugust 29, 2022Teams Developed Innovative 3D-Printed Tools to Harness Geothermal EnergyGeothermal Technologies Office