Geothermal Energy

Common geothermal electricity setups generally involve extracting hot water from subterranean rock formations deep inside the Earth’s crust and using...

Engineering the Earth's resources with remote-controlled clouds, artificially induced snow, and trained monkeys -- for sports' sake

PopSci reminisces about the tornado turbine, the marine kelp farm, polar windmills, and other renewable energy generators that promised to overthrow conventional fuel sources

A new energy method could trigger a risky side effect

Two high-profile geothermal projects in the U.S. and Europe were both permanently halted late last week, after federal officials in...

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Last October, Iceland's economy tanked. Its bailout? A two-mile geothermal well drilled into a volcano that could generate an endless supply of clean energy. Or, as Icelanders will calmly explain, it could all blow up in their faces

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Tired of wearing out diamond bits when you're drilling miles deep into the earth's crust? Try using a high-velocity flame jet instead

Energy from the Earth's core comes to the surface