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Quaise Energy isn't chasing the kind of geothermal energy where Mother Earth was already kind enough to put hot rocks near ...

Scientists in Iceland have come up with an ambitious plan to drill into a volcano's magma chamber to source an abundant amount of clean, super-hot geothermal energy. The project, which would be a ...

The project, which would be a scientific first if successful, would see boreholes drilled about 1.3 miles down through the earth’s crust at a volcano known as Krafla, located in the northeast of ...

Companies will soon be able to bid on opportunities to tap a volcanic island in Cook Inlet to generate renewable energy. Alaska officials have scheduled a geothermal lease sale covering a little more ...

In Iceland, where geothermal is a major source of power and heating, the researchers from the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) will be looking to revolutionize geothermal energy. KMT, which aims to start ...

Deep beneath one of the United States’ most closely watched volcanoes, researchers see not only a source of risk but a vast reservoir of clean, constant heat. The idea is as audacious as it sounds: ...

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Alaska officials are preparing to hold a lease sale for geothermal exploration rights at Augustine Volcano, a 4,133-foot peak that forms its own cone-shaped island in the southern part of Cook Inlet.