Ultradeep geothermal is an emerging renewable energy system that can supply both heat and dispatchable baseload power. It involves drilling >5 km into igneous and metamorphic rock (i.e., into the “basement” or Canadian Shield) and then heating a circulating fluid that is brought up to the surface.
The Cascade Institute’s Ultradeep Geothermal program provides timely research and analysis on the technological, regulatory, financial, and social obstacles facing ultradeep geothermal to guide technology companies, investors, and public sector actors.
The Cascade Institute also provides the Canadian and international communities focused on accelerating ultradeep geothermal with strategic advice and policy leadership through its Geothermal Energy Office in Ottawa (CI-GEO).
Cascade Institute's Geothermal Energy Office in Ottawa
Accelerating Community Energy Transformation Initiative
September 23, 2024
Emily Smejkal, Peter Massie, and Thomas Homer-Dixon
September 11, 2024
Rebecca Pearce, Cascade Institute; Tony Pink and Pink Granite Consulting
March 19, 2024
Cascade Institute Ultradeep Geothermal Team
May 27, 2022
Globe and Mail article by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Ian Graham, and Ellen Quigley
