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...
Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source on the ocean floor Subsea geothermal startup, founded by SpaceX alumni, deploys first 100kW generator this fall By: Robert Buluma After you've worked on rockets that find their way to outer space, it can be hard to come up with a second act. For SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd, it meant looking not to the stars, but to the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean floor. Redd, who grew up in the Pacific Northwest—a region scarred by uncharacteristic heat waves and catastrophic wildfires in recent years—knew he wanted to tackle climate change. But after a decade at SpaceX working on the Dragon capsule and Starship, incrementalism wasn't in his blood. That philosophy has led to Endurance Energy, a stealthy startup that is today announcing a $54 million Series A round to build the world's first subsea geothermal power plants. Founders Fund led the round, with participation from Felicis, Voyager Ventures, Riot Ventu...