How to Use geothermal in a Sentence

geothermal

adjective
  • Investors are wary of the cost and risks of novel geothermal projects.
    Brad Plumer, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The building runs on geothermal energy and is the first of its kind in New England.
    Ariana Bennett, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The house, which has air conditioning and a new geothermal heat pump, sits on a 1.1-acre lot.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Annie and Jeffery did the same to rewire and add geothermal systems.
    Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 6 Apr. 2023
  • There are already nearly a dozen geothermal power plants in the area, near the receding shoreline of the Salton Sea.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • As a geothermal plant, Project Red is, by design, baseload power.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Ormat will construct three main parts of the entire geothermal project.
    Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • Warm up at Homestead Crater, a warm pool of geothermal waters in Midway.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • In those places, humans have been using geothermal energy since the dawn of time.
    Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • It cannot be ruled out that the drilling of geothermal wells had resulted in soil loss and land subsidence in the area, the Tianjin government said.
    Reuters, NBC News, 9 June 2023
  • Even so, some lava did flow west toward a power plant and the Blue Lagoon, a famous geothermal spa.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • For instance, this geothermal greenhouse has been extremely popular over the years, and the builder did it for less than $300!
    Stacy Tornio, Treehugger, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Luckily, the eruption so far has not been in main part of Grindavík, the Blue Lagoon or the geothermal power plant nearby.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The process created a network of hot springs all over the island, where today people go to dissolve their stress in geothermal heat.
    Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2023
  • There’s another challenge to going geothermal: finding a place to drill the wells.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Summers are good for dipping into the famous geothermal springs and going for hikes to glaciers and misty waterfalls.
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Soak in a private clawfoot tub filled with geothermal waters and get playful with a DIY mud painting, detoxing from a day of wine tasting.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Fears of a volcanic eruption have led to the closure of the famous Blue Lagoon, a geothermal spa near the town of Grindavik, not far from the international airport.
    Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Built in 1938, the house was rebuilt by Anderson with new electrical wiring and geothermal systems.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 6 July 2023
  • This geothermal spa has gained international fame as a modern wonder of the world.
    Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Both Japan and the U.S. are looking to export geothermal technology.
    Elaine Kurtenbach, ajc, 15 Apr. 2023
  • And geothermal energy heats the olive oil extraction plants.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The homes also have six geothermal wells below them that go about 300 feet into the ground, and the water is at a constant temperature that heats and cools, according to Sagar.
    Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The Tibetan hot-spring snake, Thermophis baileyi, keeps from freezing to death by hanging around the region’s geothermal pools, feasting on frogs and small fish living there.
    Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 11 Oct. 2022
  • To tap into Earth’s vast geothermal energy in a bid to provide clean, renewable energy to the world.
    Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Bukele has also sketched plans for a tax-free crypto haven powered by geothermal energy from a volcano.
    Reuters, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The same hot brine has for years powered a geothermal electricity station, which Vulcan bought.
    Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Her work and dedication helped establish the igneous petrology (the study of magma) and geothermal branch of the USGS.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The hard part now is making enhanced geothermal affordable.
    Brad Plumer, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • As the names suggest, air-source pumps pull from the ambient air outside the home while those that are ground-source drill down below the Earth’s frost layer to access the geothermal energy underground.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2022

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