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.

Geothermal Energy, Renewable Energy, Technology, Science

5 points by PaulHoule 28 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Geothermal Energy, Engineering, Startups, Technology, Innovation

59 points by wallflower 46 days ago | 98 comments

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 Energy, Germany, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Technology

93 points by PaulHoule 53 days ago | 21 comments

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.

Geothermal Energy, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Geology, Utah

297 points by pseudolus 55 days ago | 302 comments

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 Energy, Energy, Climate Change, Engineering, Earth Science

5 points by rmason 145 days ago | 0 comments

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, California, Renewable Energy, Environment, Technology

48 points by rbanffy 198 days ago | 17 comments

Geothermal Energy Could Outperform Nuclear Power (oilprice.com)
Geothermal is about to have its moment in the sun.

Geothermal Energy, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, Climate Change

48 points by PaulHoule 209 days ago | 34 comments

Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power (economist.com)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY may be approaching its Mitchell moment.

Geothermal Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy

56 points by rustoo 224 days ago | 70 comments

Meta Platforms strikes geothermal energy deal to power US data centers (reuters.com)

Meta Platforms, Data Centers, Geothermal Energy, Renewable Energy

3 points by rmason 239 days ago | 2 comments

Largest Geothermal Development in America Taking Shape in Utah (mymodernmet.com)