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On February 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $171.5 million funding opportunity to support field-scale geothermal tests (including electricity generation demonstrations) and exploration drilling to...more
Most people are familiar with geothermal energy from pictures of Iceland and from the heat pumps in their home. But, geothermal energy can be located in much broader geographic areas, and can be useful for large-scale energy...more
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors in southeastern California has approved several resolutions and zone changes for the Seville 4 and Seville 5 solar and battery storage projects....more
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors gave a thumbs up to revised draft rules for battery energy storage facilities at its January 13 meeting amid resident dissent....more
This is a pivotal year for geothermal energy. With major policy shifts, growing incentives and breakthrough technologies on the horizon, now is the time to act....more
On January 8, 2026, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (“CRGA”). CRGA is the most wide-ranging energy legislation passed in Illinois since the 2021 Climate and...more
On December 16, 2025, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published Instruction Memorandum 2026-004 (IM2026-004), titled Promoting Annual Competitive Geothermal Lease Sales, establishing new policy guidance for geothermal...more
Geothermal energy offers a lot of potential in the energy transition agenda and can be a tool for energy sovereignty and a solution to fight against global warming and adapt to its consequences. Indeed, heating and cooling...more
A federal judge on Monday struck down President Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious”...more
The geothermal energy sector is experiencing a renaissance, driven by dramatically accelerated permitting procedures for projects on federal land, as well as state-level incentives that position geothermal as a critical...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accelerating efforts to transform sections of its federal land portfolio into strategic hubs for artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled data centers and advanced energy infrastructure. ...more
With any industry that has grown as quickly as renewable energy, safety is sometimes overlooked. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) classifies those working in the renewable energy industry as having a...more
Mexico's executive branch, through the Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía or SENER), on Oct. 3, 2025, published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) the Regulations of the Geothermal Law,...more
El equipo de asuntos regulatorios y gubernamentales de Holland & Knight en México revisó las nuevas disposiciones publicadas para el sector de energía en materia de electricidad, biocombustibles, planeación y transición...more
El Reglamento de la Ley de Geotermia, publicado el 3 de octubre de 2025, establece de manera detallada las reglas operativas para el aprovechamiento del calor del subsuelo en México. Regula las modalidades de participación en...more
The Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative to open significant portions of its Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to private development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers paired with...more
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed an Executive Order to “cut away the bureaucracy and red tape” for energy development on state land....more
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled on August 7 that state regulators were given undue deference in deciding to roll back rooftop solar credits for homeowners, reversing an appeals court ruling that upheld the...more
Last month, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) to solicit stakeholder input on future proposed regulations for closed-loop...more
Orrick’s Zac Padgett sat down with Pankaj Tanwar, managing director at CarbonBetter, to explore what’s driving demand in the energy tech market today and and how CarbonBetter is helping companies scale. Learn about: ...more
On June 16, the Senate Finance Committee released its version of the tax provisions of the Reconciliation Bill. Like the House version (H.R. 1) passed on May 22, the Senate version targets solar and wind tax incentives for...more
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced on May 30 that it will invoke emergency permitting procedures to accelerate environmental review of select geothermal energy projects, with three proposed geothermal...more
Geothermal energy is rapidly gaining support in Texas as a viable and cost-efficient clean energy resource with substantial economic development prospects. With the ability to leverage the state’s existing oil and gas...more
Welcome to our fifth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along an announcement and an event notice first. Again, thank you for reading! Tapping Into Common...more
With escalating tensions surrounding President Trump's energy and tariff initiatives, geothermal power has emerged as a rare point of bipartisan agreement in American energy policy. Lawmakers from both parties are rallying...more