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Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $18.4 million in total funding through the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) for seven proposed national laboratory projects designed to streamline the path to market for energy technologies.

DOE announced the finalists in the $4 million American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a competition supporting innovations that help lower the costs and reduce the environmental impacts of extracting lithium from geothermal brines

The Geothermal Technologies Office’s largest initiative, the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), has kicked off its first portfolio of research and development projects following Solicitation 2020-1.

DOE Announces Winners of the 2022 Geothermal Collegiate Competition

On May 4, 2022, United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan HAGIUDA Koichi met in Washington D.C. to discuss the situation surrounding global energy security, strengthening energy cooperation

The Geothermal Technologies Office has launched a new prize to fast-track innovation in seismic sensors in support of enhanced geothermal systems.

FECM has announced $14 million in funding for five front-end engineering design (FEED) studies that will leverage existing zero- or low-carbon energy to supply direct air capture (DAC) projects, combined with dedicated and reliable carbon storage.

Thirteen Indian Tribes and tribal entities will receive DOE funding to enhance energy security and resilience.

Funding will Affect 1,200 Tribal Buildings, Create $48.5 Million in Energy Savings and Support 13 Indian Tribes and Tribal Entities Across the Country

Researchers on a new GTO-funded project seek to determine whether the Salton Sea geothermal field in California potentially holds enough lithium to meet all of America’s domestic battery needs, perhaps even with enough for export as well.