(By Oil & Gas 360) – Geothermal energy is having a moment, and this time, it’s not driven by policy headlines or climate targets alone. It’s being pulled forward by something more immediate: the need for reliable, always-on power. A series of recent developments is reshaping how investors and operators think about geothermal’s role in the U.S. energy mix. EIG’s
(World Oil)– The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy. The changes are part of an agency reorganization unveiled Thursday. The plan made no mention of staffing reductions as part of the realignment, and the agency didn’t immediately respond to a request for
(Investing) – WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Friday it was implementing emergency permitting procedures to accelerate reviews of geothermal energy development projects. The projects that will be fast-tracked include three in Nevada led by Ormat, which received funding in 2020 during the first Trump administration for research and development. “Geothermal energy is a reliable energy source
(World Oil) – EDF Saudi Arabia and TAQA Geothermal Energy Company have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on geothermal energy technologies including power generation and HVAC applications as well as Compressed Air Energy Storage in Saudi Arabia. The agreement was formalized during the third edition of the PIF Private Sector Forum, held at the King Abdul
(BOE Report) – Energy major Chevron said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with investment firm Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova to build natural gas-based power plants to run co-located data centers in the U.S. The announcement comes just a week after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed a private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for
(CNBC)– U.S. nuclear power provider Constellation Energy on Friday agreed to buy privately held natural gas and geothermal company Calpine Corp for $16.4 billion, marking one of the biggest acquisitions in the history of the U.S. power industry. The cash-and-stock deal comes at a time of rising electricity demand, driven by the proliferation of energy-guzzling AI data centers and the electrification of transportation
(Oil Price) – Geothermal could soon be the hottest new thing in the United States energy mix. The naturally clean energy source has traditionally enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the United States, which is an increasingly impressive feat for any item of legislative interest. But while geothermal has a lot of things going for it – zero emissions, constant productivity – but it
(World Oil) – Technology giants are partnering with geothermal start-ups as they seek to power their energy-intensive data centers with clean but reliable power sources. Several deals have been struck over the past year as Big Tech is looking to boast low-emission profiles of its energy use. The other 24/7 low-carbon energy comes from nuclear power generation, and deals have been
(Oil Price) – Fracking techniques perfected in the U.S. shale patch could help drill for deeper and hotter geothermal energy resources and slash geothermal costs to make this low-carbon energy source competitive to other clean energy solutions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Recent advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, “honed through oil and gas developments in North America,” are
(World Oil) – Gradient Geothermal, a Denver, Colorado-based company that generates geothermal energy derived from existing oil and gas production and infrastructure, will provide Chord Energy, an independent North American oil and gas exploration and production entity, geothermal power generation and fluid cooling services. This first of its kind deployment of Gradient Geothermal’s proprietary technology removes heat from produced fluids and
(World Oil) – Texas has been at the forefront of energy regulation and innovation for more than a century, and the RRC has new proposed rules for public comment to administer legislation in the geothermal energy front in Texas. Senate Bill 786 transfers regulatory authority of closed-loop geothermal injection wells from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the Railroad
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