MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — — Geothermal power was once king of California’s renewable energy. So many companies were clamoring to transform steam into electricity that they sucked the world ...

PUC staff also say Southern California Edison and other energy providers should sign contracts for 2,500 megawatts of new power, to replace those coastal gas plants when they do eventually shut down.

OLI Systems has been selected as a key partner in a California Energy Commission (CEC) initiative to improve geothermal plant performance in California's Salton Sea region. The project is funding the ...

CalEnergy plans to build the first major geothermal power plant in California in 16 years near the south end of the Salton Sea in Imperial County. If the California Energy Commission approves the ...

Geothermal power plants on the southern shore of southern California’s Salton Sea are causing earthquakes in the area, just 12 miles from the San Andreas Fault, according to a newly published ...

Ram Power Corp., Reno, Nev., has signed a letter of intent with SNC-Lavalin Constructors Inc. for the construction of a 26 Mw geothermal power plant at Geysers steam field in northern California.

Southern California Edison has agreed to buy 320 megawatts of geothermal power from a plant Fervo Energy is developing in southwest Utah.. The two, 15-year power-purchase agreements will deliver ...

Some 40 geothermal power plants, such as the massive Geysers geothermal field some 70 miles north of San Francisco, produce electricity by drilling wells and piping steam or hot water to the surface.

A California utility is backing the largest new geothermal power development in the U.S. — 400 megawatts of clean electricity from the Earth's heat — enough for some 400,000 homes.

Doing so would enable California to facilitate the construction of modern, efficient and safe nuclear power plants capable of generating much-needed, carbon-free electricity.

CALIPATRIA, Calif. — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea — the state’s largest lake — a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water.