US land agency to open 220,000 acres in Nevada for geothermal exploration

The US Bureau of Land Management announced it will hold a competitive lease sale on Oct. 8 for the exploration of nearly 220,000 acres in Nevada for geothermal power production. The agency’s Aug. 9 announcement came as artificial intelligence companies like Google increasingly look to advanced geothermal technology as a round-the-clock carbon-free source of electricity to power datacenter operations. Nevada,…The US Bureau of Land Management announced it will hold a competitive lease sale on Oct. 8 for the exploration of nearly 220,000 acres in Nevada for geothermal power production. The agency’s Aug. 9 announcement came as artificial intelligence companies like Google increasingly look to advanced geothermal technology as a round-the-clock carbon-free source of electricity to power datacenter operations. Nevada,…  Read More