Proposals for grants that support two geothermal drilling demonstration projects are being accepted by the Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), with letters of intent due March 1, 2024, and full applications due on April 1, 2024.
Funding of up to $31 million is available for projects that support enhanced geothermal systems wellbore tools, and for projects that use low-temperature geothermal heat for industrial processes, said the GTO, which is tasked with increasing geothermal energy deployment through research, development, and demonstration of new technologies.