National Geothermal Student Competition
Launched yesterday, this competition challenges students to "conduct extensive research on the geothermal energy potential of the Rio Grande Rift geologic province located in southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico." It's meant to stimulate geothermal technology development—along with funding of other geothermal technologies—as well as increase geothermal education.
DOE will award as much as $100,000 to up to 10 college teams, which will have to use their research to produce data assessing the geologic, engineering, environmental, land use, policy, and cultural issues that all must be addressed as part of geothermal development in the U.S.
