As California Gov. Jerry Brown looks to neighboring states for cheap sources of clean energy, a legal settlement could result in coastal cities like Los Angeles and San Diego getting more climate ...

Size: About 45 square miles, the largest complex of geothermal power plants in the world. Location: Mayacamas mountains along the Sonoma and Lake County border Plant operators: Calpine Corp. (13 ...

In contrast, conventional geothermal power plants capture steam from natural underground hot springs in places such as Iceland or the Geysers in Northern California. These require a rare ...

Nevada sources more than 9 percent of its power from geothermal energy, while California approaches 6 percent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

A once-overlooked technology that taps into the Earth's heat to generate electricity could supply up to 20% of the ...

Today, the Geysers plants use an average of 15 million gallons — 22 Olympic pools — per day. The complex’s 18 power plants, spread across 45 miles, tap into the source in the form of the ...

CalEthos is a sustainable data center developer based out of Tustin, California. It is currently developing its data center ...

In the western U.S., where geothermal resources are more plentiful, the technology could provide 100% of new data center demand. Phoenix, for example, could add 3.8 gigawatts of data center ...

Battery storage has increased sevenfold in the past five years in California, from 1,474 megawatts in 2020 to 10,383 megawatts now. A megawatt is enough electricity to run 750 homes.

More than half of the power grids in North America — including California — face “critical reliability challenges” in the next decade, according to a long-term outlook released last month ...

The reason for the decline: geothermal plants leak water into the environment. Today, the Geysers plants inject an average of 13 million gallons — 19 Olympic pools — per day.