Geothermal energy: People have long made use of the Earth’s heat, including, since the early 20th century, for generating electricity. However, past technologies limited power production to relatively few geographic areas where sufficiently hot rock is adequately infused with water to produce useful steam. Today, new technologies, many drawing from oil and gas industry expertise, allow vast expansion in the potential for geothermal energy to meet growing demand for dependable 24/7 clean power across diverse regions of the United States and the world.
NASEO is working with State and Territory Energy Offices, including through a new Geothermal Accelerator initiative, to help them advance new geothermal power generation to meet their economic development, energy affordability and reliability, and environmental stewardship objectives.