Geothermal Manufacturing Prize – Semifinalists announced
American-made Geothermal Prize (source: DOE/ NREL)
Alexander Richter
1 Apr 2021
Semifinalists announced for the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize for technologies related to drilling, zonal isolation, and logging & production.
During the NextGen Geo event, yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office not only announced the launch of the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, but also announced ten semifinalists for the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, a competition designed to spur innovation and address manufacturing challenges fundamental to operating in harsh geothermal environments.
The Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, launched in 2020, supports the American geothermal industry in reaching the GeoVision target of 60 gigawatts-electric (GWe) of geothermal capacity by 2050 through technical advances and workforce development.
The Geothermal Manufacturing Prize semifinalists include the following teams:
Drilling
- The Bit Guys (Morgantown, WV)
- Ozark Integrated Circuits (Fayetteville, AR)
- AC (Cambridge, MA)
Zonal Isolation
- Baker Hughes (Houston, TX)
- Welltec (Katy, TX)
- Downhole Emerging Technologies (Houston, TX)
- Schlumberger-Huilin Tu (Houston, TX)
Logging and Production
- PLUGS (Morgantown, WV)
- Ultra-High Temperature Logging Tool (Houston, TX)
- Multiscale Systems (Worcester, MA)
DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office oversees these investments supporting the Administration’s goal to address the climate emergency. They will help ensure that the United States builds a 100% clean-energy economy and reaches net-zero emissions by 2050.
Source: DOE
