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Sage Geosystems and Meta sign 150MW geothermal power agreement

Canary Media

One of the most promising new forms of clean electricity just got a significant boost. Department of Energy workshop, next-generation geothermal energy startup Sage Geosystems announced that it had agreed to supply Meta , the owner of Facebook, with 150 megawatts of geothermal power. Earlier today at a U.S.

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IEA publishes special report on the Future of Geothermal Energy

ThinkGeoEnergy

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a detailed report on the potential of geothermal energy to supply the world’s growing demand for electricity, and the new technologies, regulatory changes, and the mobilization of the oil and gas industry that will facilitate the realization of this potential.

Energy 59
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New study presents updated geothermal drilling cost curves

ThinkGeoEnergy

A study presented by Dayo Akipinde and Erik Witter from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at the 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop held in February 2025 provides an updated drilling cost curve based on recently reported drilling results by Utah FORGE, Fervo Energy, and Geysers Power Company.

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Storing energy underground : Reservoir thermal energy storage shows promise

ThinkGeoEnergy

Currently, thermal energy production (not storage) for electricity is still not competitive with natural gas and other renewables. Geothermal power is a low-carbon source of energy with no intermittent problems. This can be used as direct heat or used to generate power through a conventional geothermal power plant.

Energy 85
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Can the world’s own geothermal energy solve Meta data center power supply problem?

Hydrogen Fuel News

The planet has massive reserves of heat just below the surface that can be used for power Data centers demand a tremendous amount of electricity, and geothermal energy is being considered to provide a solution to this growing need.

Energy 119
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UNIDO holds geothermal training programme for Eastern African countries

ThinkGeoEnergy

The capacity building program was organized under the UNIDO global programme “Generating energy capacity from geothermal power generation and its related technologies for sustainable development” (Geothermal Programme) funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.

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Malaysia reinvigorating interest in geothermal with 1st Geothermal Conference

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Southeast Asia region has earned an excellent reputation in the field of geothermal power generation. As of the end of 2023, the Philippines and Indonesia have a combined installed geothermal power capacity of 4370 MW , or about 27% of the global installed capacity. It can be small, even just 100 kW.