PA Study Promotes Geothermal with Aim to Kill Off Shale Energy

In September 2023, MDN told you about a non-profit organization called Project InnerSpace, which was contacting public officials, academics, and oil and gas interests in Pennsylvania, pitching a transition from fossil fuel extraction to geothermal energy using the same workers and potentially, the same infrastructure (see Siren Song of Geothermal Calls to PA Conventional & Shale Drillers). In January 2023, Project InnerSpace published a “first-of-its-kind, landmark study” titled “The Future of Geothermal in Texas.” The organization then turned its sights on two more O&G states: Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Project Innerspace announced in December 2023 it would research and publish reports for PA & OK (see Project InnerSpace Conducting PA Geothermal Study Aimed at O&G). Yesterday, Project InnerSpace, collaborating with Pennsylvania State University and working with 10 contributors from four Pennsylvania institutions, published "The Future of Geothermal in Pennsylvania" report (copy below). The aim is to convince oil and gas drillers that they have a better future drilling for geothermal rather than fossil energy. We say it's a load of (expletive deleted).

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