If the U.S. could tap into just 2 percent of the geothermal power beneath Earth’s crust, it could supply more than 2,000 ...

The heat will fuel a new type of power plant: an enhanced geothermal plant. Most power plants work by converting a turbine’s rotating energy into electricity. Many of the world’s energy ...

Phoenix, for example, could add 3.8 gigawatts of data center capacity without building a single new conventional power plant. Geothermal resources have enormous potential to provide consistent power.

Geothermal Power Plant at Mammoth-Pacific, California. Photo: Getty Images. Geothermal energy startups are on the upswing with Big Tech companies looking to feed their power-intensive AI data ...

Explore the series here. Fred Henderson doesn’t expect to live long enough to see the completion of Colorado’s first geothermal power plant. At 89 years old, the retired geologist is trying to ...

The demonstration well was later used to develop a 3-megawatt power plant at Pohoiki in Puna. Over the years, geothermal power research and power production has received pushback from the community.

Clean electricity like this reduces the need for traditional power plants that cause climate change. The boost could go a long way toward bringing down the cost of a new generation of geothermal ...

but that the risks and costs to identify new viable geothermal power plant sites are too high for private industry. So, support from Hawaii taxpayers — around $80 million over the next two years ...