Hotting up: the geothermal revolution

Geothermal energy has long been neglected—it currently provides less than 1% of the world’s electricity. That’s because very few places on Earth have the right conditions to enable geothermal plants to work. But that’s changing, thanks to a new suite of technologies. Could geothermal soon rival nuclear power?

Host: Alok Jha, The Economist’s science and technology editor. Guests: The Economist’s Vijay Vaitheeswaran; Jack Norbeck of Fervo Energy; James Benetatos of Quaise Energy; and Cindy Taff of Sage Geosystems.

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