USA, Utah: Milford Site Selected for Location of the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy

Department of Energy Selects University of Utah Site for $140 Million Geothermal Research and Development (DOE)

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the University of Utah will receive up to $140 million in continued funding over the next five years for cutting-edge geothermal research and development.

After three years of planning, site characterization, and competition, the proposed site outside of Milford, Utah, has been selected as the location of the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) field laboratory.

This new FORGE site is dedicated to research on enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), or manmade geothermal reservoirs.

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