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US DOE announces $31M funding for geothermal wellbore construction, energy storage

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The US Department of Energy has announced a total investment of USD 31 million for six projects that aim to advance geothermal energy deployment. Wellbore construction To tap into the full potential of EGS , methods for wellbore construction must be improve to make construction and operations less costly.

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GeothermEx confirms sustainability of DEEP geothermal project in Canada

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DEEP conducted surface and subsurface resource exploration and reservoir testing activities to characterize the geothermal resource in the Project area and its ability to support the development of geothermal power facilities. GW of clean geothermal electricity and more than $14 billion of related investments.

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US DOE announces $60M funding for three EGS projects

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Fervo Energy — This pilot within the Milford Renewable Energy Corridor in Utah and adjacent to the DOE’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) field laboratory aims to produce at least 8 megawatts of power from each of three wells at a site with no existing commercial geothermal power production.