USAF To Demo Geothermal Power Tech For Airfields

The US Air Force is exploring the possibility of a full-scale geothermal powerplant at Ellington Field Joint Air Reserve Base in Houston.

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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sage Geosystems a $1.9 million contract to demonstrate geothermal powerplant technology that could power the service’s airfields. The company is to match the grant with $1.9 million of its own and construct the “geopressured geothermal system” at a test well site in...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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