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There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth

We’ve found a new planet, home to octillions of the most extreme beings living in the most absurd and deadly hellscape. In absolute darkness, crushed by the weight of mountains, starved of oxygen, cooked alive, bathed in acid, salt or radiation. And yet, they live for thousands, perhaps millions of years! It turns out, this planet is not in space – it is inside the crust of Earth!

How Coal Mining Could Save the Climate

How Coal Mining Could Save the Climate

Coal is by far the dirtiest fossil fuel. But could it have a shot at redemption... through geothermal energy?

Induced Seismicity Traffic Light Protocol at the Alberta No. 1 Geothermal Project Site

Induced Seismicity Traffic Light Protocol at the Alberta No. 1 Geothermal Project Site

Yaghoubi, A., Schultz, R., Hickson, C., Wigston, A., Dusseault, M.B., Induced seismicity traffic light protocol at the Alberta No. 1 geothermal project site, Geothermics, Volume 117, 2024, 102860, ISSN 0375-6505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102860.

GeoMap™ Beta Overview: A Short Introductory Video Outlining the Content of GeoMap

GeoMap™ Beta Overview: A Short Introductory Video Outlining the Content of GeoMap

Introducing the GeoMap™: a freely accessible and first of its kind geothermal exploration tool developed through a partnership with Project InnerSpace and Google that is focused on expanding the use and adoption of geothermal energy worldwide.

Geothermal Energy Could be Huge. But We Need Oil and Gas Companies to Build It.

Geothermal Energy Could be Huge. But We Need Oil and Gas Companies to Build It.

Back in September, Karine Kleinhaus, a director at the Environmental Defense Fund, addressed an auditorium of suit-clad oil industry executives at Halliburton’s Houston headquarters. It was a bit of an awkward scene. “We’re looking to tackle climate change, which means stopping greenhouse gas emissions, which means transitioning away from fossil fuels,” Kleinhaus said onstage. “We can sugarcoat it or not, but that’s where I’m coming from.” That may have been Kleinhaus’s starting point, but the primary topic of discussion was one where the interests of the fossil fuel companies and environmental groups may align: how to use oil companies’ money, infrastructure, and expertise to rapidly scale up a new generation of geothermal power.

Geoscience - The Future of the Energy Transition

Geoscience - The Future of the Energy Transition

Brad Hayes, President of Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., was a guest on Mario Explores Podcast. He talks about geoscience and the energy transition- oil and gas, lithium, helium, carbon sequestration and geothermal energy.

Canada Needs to Dig Deep to Become a World Leader in Geothermal Technology

Canada Needs to Dig Deep to Become a World Leader in Geothermal Technology

Exploring the case for deep geothermal in Canada and the need for R&D investment and regulatory support for this promising technology.

Geothermal exploration and tectonic studies in southwestern Canada using the magnetotelluric method

Hanneson, C. (2023). Geothermal exploration and tectonic studies in southwestern Canada using the magnetotelluric method. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Alberta]. ERA.

Geothermal Energy: What, Where, & How

Geothermal Energy: What, Where, & How

Overview of geothermal energy, a renewable source of power that is not as often discussed as solar or wind. I discuss the pros and cons of this energy source, how it can be an important part of a nation's energy portfolio, and why it has had a difficult time becoming more mainstream.

Comparative data-driven enhanced geothermal systems forecasting models: A case study of Qiabuqia field in China

Xue, Z., Zhang, K., Zhang, C., Ma, H., & Chen, Z. (2023). Comparative data-driven enhanced geothermal systems forecasting models: A case study of Qiabuqia field in China. Energy, 280, 128255.

Geothermal Energy Country Update - Canada

Geothermal Energy Country Update - Canada

Grasby, S. E., Raymond, J., Hickson, C., Huang, K., Smejkal, E., Miranda, M., Fraser, D., Harbottle, K., Torres, D. A., Ebell, J., Dixon, J., Olsen, E., Drobot, A., Vany, J., Marcia, K., Colpron, M., Dehghani-Sanij, A., Wigston, A., Brasnett, G., Unsworth, M., Harms, P. Sep. 2023. Geothermal Canada.

Maurice’s Blog

Maurice’s Blog

Maurice’s Blog | Maurice’s Blog RSS Feed

Geothermal Canada’s former Director for Central Canada, Maurice Dusseault, is a professor at the University of Waterloo who has been thinking about energy for a long time. This page hosts a collection of his thoughts about energy and geothermal.

Case Study: Completion and Well Placement Optimization Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing in Next-Generation Geothermal Projects

Titov, A., Norbeck, J., Dadi, S., Voller, K., Woitt, M., Fercho, S., McConville, E., Lang, C., Agarwal, S., Gradl, C., & Latimer, T. (2023). Case Study: Completion and Well Placement Optimization Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing in Next-Generation Geothermal Projects. Proceedings of the 11th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.

Magnetotelluric imaging of the magmatic and geothermal systems beneath Mount Meager, southwestern Canada

Hanneson, C., & Unsworth, M. J. (2023a). Magnetotelluric imaging of the magmatic and geothermal systems beneath Mount Meager, southwestern Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 60(10), 1385–1403.

Numerical Investigation of Energy Production from an Enhanced Geothermal System Associated with CO2 Geological Sequestration

Xue, Z., Ma, H., Chen, Z. (2023). Numerical Investigation of Energy Production from an Enhanced Geothermal System Associated with CO2 Geological Sequestration. SPE Western Regional Meeting. Anchorage, Alaska.