Geothermal: Earth’s infinite clean power

Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, a molten stew of metals radiates vast amounts of energy. Prof. Roland Horne, Director of the Stanford Geothermal Program, joins TILclimate to talk about the “geothermal energy” technologies that tap this underground resource for electricity, manufacturing, and home heating and cooling. He also shares the recent breakthroughs that have begun bringing this always-on, clean, renewable source of energy to new places and applications. For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Climate Project, visit tilclimate.mit.edu . Credits Laur Hesse Fisher , Host and Senior Editor Aaron Krol , Writer and Executive Producer David Lishansky , Editor and Producer Grace Sawin, Student Production Assistant Michelle Harris, Fact Checker Music by Blue Dot Sessions Artwork by Aaron Krol

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Geothermal: Earth’s infinite clean power is an episode from TILclimate by MIT Climate Project.

This episode is 00:15:01 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2025.

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