The Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) works to reduce costs and risks associated with geothermal development by supporting innovative technologies that address key exploration and operational challenges.
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Program Areas
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) hold the potential to power tens of millions of American homes and businesses.
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GTO supports early stage R&D associated with advanced exploration tools and technologies to help accelerate the discovery of new hydrothermal resource
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GTO showcases innovative technologies that enable advanced energy use and electricity production via underutilized low temperature resources.
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GTO identifies and addresses barriers to geothermal adoption in the U.S., and validates technical progress across the geothermal sector.
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Resources
Learn about lithium, the Salton Sea, and geothermal's role in the future of electrification
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Ready to start building our clean energy future with a new career in Geothermal Technologies?
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On these pages you'll find helpful publications, software, and websites for the geothermal community and stakeholders.
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GTO partners with industry, academia, and DOE National Laboratories to further the development of geothermal energy technologies.
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Presentations from past workshops, webinars, and webcasts on various geothermal topics.
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Key Publications
Geothermal Technologies Office Multi-Year Program Plan
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This analysis traces the technological influence of geothermal energy research funded by GTO and other DOE offices.
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This report provides current information and data on 2019 geothermal power production and trends in U.S. district heating markets and technologies.
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GTO’s monthly newsletter captures the latest in geothermal news, including open funding opportunities, competitions and prizes, publications, events, and more
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Based on rigorous modeling and simulation, the GeoVision analysis addresses gaps in understanding the potential of geothermal resources and...
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The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Peer Review was held November 13-15, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. This gathering offered geothermal stakeholder
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The Geothermal Technologies Office 2017 Annual Report recognizes advances in transformative, high-risk/high-reward science and engineering from
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Geothermal Events
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