US Department of Defense announces companies awardable for geothermal contracts
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Carlo Cariaga
28 Feb 2025
Eleven US companies have been selected to be awardable and pre-approved for geothermal projects to be undertaken by the US Department of Defense.
The United States Air Force has published the list of US companies that have been deemed “Awardable” for geothermal projects in all US Department of Defense branches and facilities worldwide. This announcement follows a solicitation that was released in late 2024.
The companies are as follows:
- Addis Energy
- Baker Hughes
- EarthBridge Energy
- Energy Systems Group / GE Vernova and partners
- GreenFire Energy
- Power Planet Inc.
- Quaise Energy
- Sage Geosystems and California Resources Corporation
- SLB
- TLS Geothermics
- XGS Energy
This announcement means that these companies have now been pre-approved to pursue geothermal projects with the US Air Force, Navy, and Army.
This initiative aims to help facilitate the development of utility-scale geothermal projects at US Department of Defense installations. With geothermal identified as one of the energy sources under the Trump Administration’s Energy Emergency Policy, the geothermal industry is positioned to play an important role in the evolving energy landscape of the United States.
Source: Richard Hartman via LinkedIn
