by Trumpeter » 03 Jun 2025 14:38
Wyoming may be home to the famous bubbling geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park, but that doesn’t mean the state is a hot spot for generating electricity using heat from inside the earth.
A new federal assessment identified Wyoming as part of a massive underground geothermal energy resource that could generate electricity equal to 10% of America's current power supply, though state-specific research suggests only modest potential for Wyoming.
A May U.S. Geological Survey's report on geothermal systems in the Great Basin found that the arid lands of Nevada and adjoining parts of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and a sliver of Wyoming's western border with Idaho contain enough geothermal energy to generate 135 gigawatts of electricity from the upper 6 kilometers of the Earth's crust.
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Wyoming may be home to the famous bubbling geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park, but that doesn’t mean the state is a hot spot for generating electricity using heat from inside the earth.
A new federal assessment identified Wyoming as part of a massive underground geothermal energy resource that could generate electricity equal to 10% of America's current power supply, though state-specific research suggests only modest potential for Wyoming.
A May U.S. Geological Survey's report on geothermal systems in the Great Basin found that the arid lands of Nevada and adjoining parts of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and a sliver of Wyoming's western border with Idaho contain enough geothermal energy to generate 135 gigawatts of electricity from the upper 6 kilometers of the Earth's crust. [b][size=150][url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/03/wyoming-part-of-massive-geothermal-reserve-that-could-power-10-of-america/]CONTINUE READING[/url][/size][/b]
