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...
Mountain West Geothermal Consortium Launches Major U.S. Clean Energy Expansion Across Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico
Mountain West Geothermal Consortium: Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico Unite to Accelerate America’s Geothermal Future By: Robert Buluma A New Western Energy Alliance Is Emerging A major shift is quietly unfolding across the American West. In a move that could redefine the future of clean baseload power in the United States, the states of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico have joined forces to establish the Mountain West Geothermal Consortium — a regional alliance designed to accelerate geothermal energy development, streamline permitting, improve financing pathways, and unlock the enormous geothermal potential buried beneath the western United States. The initiative arrives at a time when geothermal energy is experiencing one of the most dramatic revivals in modern energy history. Once overshadowed by solar and wind, geothermal is now re-emerging as one of the most strategically important renewable energy resources in the world. Unlike intermittent renewables, geoth...