Advanced Geothermal Energy for California Science, Status and Challenges

All indications are that advances in drilling technology, mostly developed for or by the oil and gas industry, have placed geothermal energy (the kind that generates electricity) on the cusp of major new opportunities. Historically limited to geographic locations where hot rock and water are relatively near the surface, the new drilling and subsurface engineering techniques open the possibility of tapping the heat beneath our feet just about anywhere on Earth to generate 24/7/365 clean energy.

As California and the rest of the world phases out polluting fossil fuels, the question is often asked, especially by workers in the oil and gas industry, what are we going to phase in? Advanced Geothermal may well be a big part of the answer to that question. Join us to learn about this hot topic!

Speaker: Woody Hastings, Climate Center