Hacker News with Generative AI: Geothermal Energy

Technology advances could multiply geothermal output five-fold (techxplore.com)
Far below the Earth's surface is an energy source with huge and perpetual potential: geothermal heat. But the forces in its scorching and inhospitable depths must be tamed. Now scientists know what that will take.
Can a Geothermal Startup Vaporize Rock to Drill the Deepest Holes? (msn.com)
A beam of electromagnetic energy traveling at the speed of light strikes a thick slab of basalt, one of the hardest rocks on Earth. It heats the stone to around 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, vaporizing it in minutes.
Small German town starts testing geothermal power utilizing new techniques (apnews.com)
Residents in the German town of Geretsried have long wanted to run their buildings with clean heat and electricity from geothermal energy instead of fossil fuels.
Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet (newyorker.com)
North Milford Valley, in western Utah, is home to dormant volcanoes, subterranean lava deposits, and smatterings of obsidian—black volcanic glass—that Paiute peoples once collected for arrowheads and jewelry. Scalding groundwater still bubbles to the surface in places. In such a landscape, you remember that the planet’s hard exterior, where we spend our entire lives, is so thin that we call it a crust. Its superheated interior, meanwhile, burns with an estimated forty-four trillion watts of power.
The hunt for heat: Drilling the deepest holes on Earth (bbc.com)
Beneath our feet is an almost limitless source of energy, but while a few lucky locations have geothermal heat close to the surface, the rest of the world will need to dig a lot deeper. The challenge is how to get deep enough.
Geothermal Power in the North Bay (jonudell.net)
I was aware of The Geysers, a geothermal field about 35 miles north of my home in Santa Rosa, but I never gave it much thought until my first bike ride through the area. Then I learned a number of interesting things.
Geothermal Energy Could Outperform Nuclear Power (oilprice.com)
Geothermal is about to have its moment in the sun.
Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power (economist.com)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY may be approaching its Mitchell moment.
Meta Platforms strikes geothermal energy deal to power US data centers (reuters.com)
Largest Geothermal Development in America Taking Shape in Utah (mymodernmet.com)
Fusion tech finds geothermal energy application (ieee.org)
U.S. Geothermal Capacity Set To Grow by 1,900% by 2050 (oilprice.com)