COWI and Sinotech Team Up on Taiwan’s Super-Hot Geothermal Potential Taiwan’s geothermal story is moving from possibility to execution, and the COWI-Sinotech collaboration is a sign that the sector is entering a more serious phase of development. The partnership is focused on unlocking super-hot geothermal resources, which could improve project economics and expand the country’s clean-energy options. Introduction Geothermal has long been one of Taiwan’s most intriguing renewable resources because the island sits on active tectonic terrain with strong heat potential. What has held the sector back is not a lack of heat, but the difficulty of converting that heat into bankable projects at scale. The new collaboration between COWI and Sinotech points to a more technical, internationally connected approach to solving that problem. Why Taiwan Matters Taiwan has ambitious decarbonization goals, and geothermal fits neatly into the need for firm, low-carbon power. Unlike solar and wind, geother...
Gradient Geothermal Supporting First-in-the-Nation Colorado Initiative to Transform Orphan Oil & Gas Wells into Geothermal and Carbon Storage Assets By: Robert Buluma In a groundbreaking move that bridges the fossil fuel era with a clean energy future, Gradient Geothermal, a Denver-based innovator in geothermal technology, has announced its support for a pioneering technical study led by Colorado's Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) and the Colorado Energy Office (CEO). Announced on March 3, 2026, this initiative marks the first statewide effort of its kind to repurpose orphaned oil and gas wells long considered environmental liabilities—into valuable assets for geothermal energy production and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Orphaned wells are abandoned oil and gas wells with no identifiable owner or operator responsible for plugging them. In Colorado, the ECMC oversees an Orphaned Well Program that identifies, prioritizes, and addresses these sites to pr...