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After a year long multi-disciplinary, cross-collaborative effort, researchers at five Texas universities, the University Lands Office, and the International Energy Agency are set to publish a major report entitled “The Future of Geothermal in Texas: The Coming Century of Growth & Prosperity in the Lone Star State.”  The extensive “deep dive”includes analyses of the location and […]

Getting close to Earth’s sun-hot core is key to scaling geothermal energy plants. But it’s harder than it looks to dig miles into the ground. *Tapping into the energy content of heat stored underground would meet the world’s energy needs.*To do so, the engineering would focus on millimeter waves that vaporize rocks to drill deeper than ever before.*An MIT […]

Pumped hydro already accounts for 93% of utility-scale energy storage in the US, and plans are in the works to build up from there.ByTina Casey The US Department of Energy has been eyeballing pumped hydro energy storage for a makeover, and it looks like they have a winner. The Texas firm Quidnet Energy has just […]

For more than a century, graduates of The University of Texas School of Law havebeen leaders in law, public service, and civic leadership, living extraordinary lives thatembody the university’s beloved motto, “What starts here changes the world.” Startingin 1958, the Texas Law Alumni Association established an annual award to honorgreatness in the law school’s alumni […]

‘We need to not have all our eggs in one basket’: Why geothermal energy could be a game changer Geothermal provides a stable, consistent energy source that’s not dependent on the weather. Experts see huge potential for it—especially in the West. Geothermal power currently provides only a tiny fraction of the nation’s electricity. But as […]