USA: Important Hearing on Opportunities and Challenges for Advanced Geothermal Energy Development in the U.S.

Full Committee Hearing to Examine Geothermal Energy Development (Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources)

June 20 2019, - Recording now available
Room 366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC.

The purpose of the hearing is to examine opportunities and challenges for advanced geothermal energy development in the United States.

The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

Opening Remarks

• Sen. Lisa Murkowski
  Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  Geothermal Energy Hearing - Murkowski's Opening Statement (as Delivered).pdf (205.6 KBs)
• Sen. Joe ManchinRanking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Witness Panel 1

• The Honorable Daniel R. Simmons
  Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  U.S. Department of Energy
• Mr. Timothy R. Spisak
  State Director, BLM New Mexico
  U.S. Department of the Interior
  Spisak Testimony 6-20-19 SENR Cmte Hrg.pdf (36.2 KBs)
• Ms. Katherine R. Young
  Geothermal Program Manager
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Mr. Tim Latimer
  CEO, Fervo Energy
  Latimer Testimony 6-20-19 SENR Cmte Hrg.pdf (322.2 KBs)
• Mr. Paul A. Thomsen
  Vice President, Business Development – Americas
  Ormat Technologies, Inc.