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50-Year-Old Geothermal Technology Works
In a breakthrough for geothermal energy, start-up Fervo Energy has developed an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) that can be used in areas where traditional geothermal
China drills 10,000m deep hole
China has begun drilling a 10,000-meter-deep hole in the oil-rich region of Xinjiang, reaching rock from the Cretaceous period that spent about 145 million years
Digging Earth’s Deepest Hole for Energy
Quaise, a start-up company affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is planning to drill up to 20,000 meters into the earth to harness
Geothermal Water in Germany Yields Lithium
The extraction of lithium has been known to cause significant environmental damage. However, a new pilot project is exploring the possibility of economically extracting the
