Department of Energy awards funding to Utah geothermal projects

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: September 22, 2026

Words: 370

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Federal agencies have geothermal energy in sight, and are injecting funds for projects in Utah. The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday it is granting $99 million for 21 geothermal energy development projects throughout the country. Five of them are in Utah.

Five of the projects the department selected are working on conducting tests of enhanced geothermal systems “to validate technologies under real-world conditions,” the agency said in a news …

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