Geothermal prospects in Turkey are heating up
Geothermal exploration activities are scheduled to commence in the Adana and Sivas provinces of Turkey. The General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) has obtained the AR:18 License for an extensive area covering 4,983.5 hectares in the Adana province. As part of this license, the MTA intends to drill a well in the Kuzgun Village of Karaisali District, with an estimated project cost of approximately 10 million TL (equivalent to around USD 503,000). The planned borehole will reach a depth of 2,000 meters. In addition, the MTA has also planned geothermal exploration in the Yildizeli district of Sivas Province, which encompasses an area of 5,400 square meters within the larger 4,999-hectare territory covered by the AR:28 License. The drilling of proposed boreholes, expected to be 600 (+100) meters deep, will provide valuable information about the geothermal potential in the region.
Jesse Jenkins urges that huge changes to the electrical grid are needed to make the transition to clean energy
The American Federal Government is currently investing billions of dollars to expedite a transition to clean energy, and Professor at Princeton University and Eavor Advisor, Jesse Jenkins urges that huge changes to the electrical grid are needed to make that transition successful. Reporter Scott Patterson of the Wall Street Journal wrote an article detailing the importance of Jenkins and his team’s research at ZERO lab. This research contributed valuable insights towards climate laws and legislation that will efficiently reduce carbon emissions in the US. Jenkins attributed that he and his team’s main objective was to assist the government in achieving a climate law that “helped Senate staff target their most bang-for-the-buck provisions.” The article highlights that Jenkins and his team secured nearly $6 million in funds from nonprofit foundations, federal agencies, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy, Google, and General Electric, which helped construct components of President Biden’s Build Back Better act. The act did not accumulate enough votes to be passed through the Senate; however, Jenkins’ research warned that if a bill wasn’t passed to incentivize a transition to a renewable power grid, emissions from the power sector would worsen by 2030.
