DOE Touts Geothermal Projects In Bid To Access Fossil Industry Expertise

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) fiscal year 2022 budget request includes new and increased spending for projects to develop geothermal energy, a low-emitting source of baseload power, that senior officials say is intended in part to help access oil and gas industry skills as the administration pushes to a net-zero economy and a transition away from fossil fuels. “This is really looking at trying to adopt and adapt the oil and gas industry’s talent, technology, tools and assets” to help...