U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Geothermal Technologies Office

Related Links

Explore these links to governmental and various resources to learn about geothermal technologies and the geothermal community.

On this page:

• Associations and Organizations
• Education: General and Higher
• Government: Federal and State
• Homeowners
• International: Organizations, Finance and NGOs
• Research: Laboratories, Facilities and Innovations
• Other Resource Links

Associations and Organizations

Following are links to geothermal industry and professionals associations.

• Geothermal Energy Association
• Geothermal Resources Council
• Geothermal Technologies Legacy Collection
• Geysers Geothermal Association
• National Geothermal Collaborative

The International: Organizations, Finance and NGOs section contains links to international geothermal associations.

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Education: General and Higher

Explore these links to find geothermal education resources for consumers, educators and students.

General Education

• Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Kids Website
• Energy Information Administration—Kids Geothermal Page
• Alliant Energy Kids—Geothermal Energy
• Yellowstone National Park—For Kids
• Energy Story—Geothermal Energy
• Geothermal Education Office
• DOE EERE Energy Education and Workforce Development - K-12 lesson plans and more
• Bonneville Power Administration Resources for Teachers

Higher Education

• National Geothermal Student Competition, The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
• Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, Geothermal Energy Unit
• Geo-Heat Center at the Oregon Institute of Technology
• Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy at the University of Nevada—Reno
• Southern Methodist University Earth Sciences Department—Geothermal
• Stanford University Geothermal Program

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Government: Federal and State

Following are links to some federal and state programs that support geothermal energy development.

Federal

Find technical assistance and geothermal funding opportunities below.

• U.S. Department of Energy, Buildings Technologies Office
• U.S. Department of Energy, State Energy Alternatives
• U.S. Department of Energy, Tribal Energy Program

Learn more about funding of geothermal energy projects in developing nations here:

• U.S. AID – Climate Change Pillar—Clean Energy
• U.S. Department of Commerce—Office and Energy and Environmental Industries
• U.S. Trade and Development Agency—Renewable Energy Sector

State and Local

• California Department of Conservation Geothermal Section
• California Energy Commission Geothermal Program

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Homeowners

Learn more about geothermal source heat pumps, managed by the U.S. Department of Energy's Building Technologies Office.

• ENERGY STAR® Geothermal Heat Pumps
• U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Savers—Heat Pumps
• U.S. Department of Energy, Buildings Technologies Office

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International: Organizations, Finance and NGOs

Learn more about global professional associations, funding opportunities and non-governmental organizations.

• European Commission
• International Energy Agency's Geothermal Implementing Agreement
• International Geothermal Association
• International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
• The International Partnership for Geothermal Technology

The Government: Federal and State section includes links to U.S. government agencies that fund geothermal energy in developing nations.

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Research Laboratories, Facilities and Innovations

Learn more about the research and innovations supporting baseload geothermal energy as a significant contributor to our nation's energy.

DOE National Laboratories Active in Geothermal Technology Research

• Argonne National Laboratory
• Idaho National Laboratory
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Sandia National Laboratories

Other Research Facilities

• Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, Geothermal Energy Unit 
• Geo-Heat Center at the Oregon Institute of Technology
• Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy at the University of Nevada—Reno
• Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory
• Stanford University Geothermal Program

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Other Resource Links

• The Carbon Capture Report—Geothermal News
• Switch Energy Project—Geothermal

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