Geothermal energy development may be undergoing a renaissance in the West as the Trump administration and developers are renewing their interest in geothermal leasing on public land.
One of the biggest indicators of renewed geothermal interest occurred Thursday when the Bureau of Land Management published a final environmental impact statement on a California geothermal leasing area that sat on the shelf for eight years.
The statement is for the proposed designation of a 22,805-acre Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area north of Ridgecrest, Calif., and west of Death Valley National Park.
The BLM first identified the area for geothermal leasing in ...
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