The Wall Street Journal – Geothermal Energy Is Heating Up. It’s Going to Need More Geologists.
During her Ph.D. studies, Pooja Sheevam examined the structure of planets like Mars. Now, she is exploring terrain closer to home for her government job researching geothermal projects in arid New Mexico.
Sheevam was drawn to the geothermal industry while studying at the University of Nevada at Reno because she wanted to be a part of something new and increasingly relevant: cultivating a renewable source that extracts heat from the Earth’s core for energy.
But the industry will need a lot more of this interest to grow. Even though geothermal has been exempted from the policy changes in President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” that are squeezing other renewables, more geologists, engineers and data scientists will be needed to capitalize on the expansion efforts.
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