Limitless, Cheap, Sustainable Energy Just a Well Away

Prague July 24, 2022

The search for alternative, renewable energy sources is becoming not only more important, but essential as the impacts from climate change worsen, and the dependency on fossil fuels continues to degrade air quality, damage crops and forests, and endanger wildlife. 

Now is the time to make a change. 

Maryland-based Geothermal Technologies has a plan that would provide — constant, day or night, year-round — clean energy that’s not dependent on solar panels or wind turbines. Simply put, geothermal energy harvested from beneath the Earth’s surface can power our future.

Founded in 2018, Geothermal Technologies has been in “stealth mode,” working with world-renowned experts from Johns Hopkins University to develop a functional method of accessing stores of underground heat that can power turbines to create cost-effective electricity. The colored areas of this map (also below) demonstrate where this technology is possible throughout the U.S. and Canada. As you can see, it represents an expansive part of North America.

The company is developing what’s considered to be the fourth generation of engineered geothermal systems, which uses methods from oil and gas exploration to mine geothermal energy. Chief Operating Officer Jim Hollis, a longtime member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, calls it a game changer in solving base-load power needs as it works to complement existing energy sources in providing clean energy to communities around the world. 

If you’re interested in pursuing a timely story about the future of clean energy, I can connect you with Hollis to talk about the steps Geothermal Technologies has taken to get to this point, some of the challenges that exist, and when — and where — this technology could soon be up and running. Please let me know how I can be of help. 

Ryan Loyd

Society of Exploration Geophysicists
10300 Town Park Dr. Ste SE 1000, Houston, Texas, 77072
United States