U.S. Defense Department Awards Eavor Contract to Power Military Base through Advanced Geothermal System
Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Air Force Office of Energy Assurance will oversee all phases of prototype program development.
- Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Air Force Office of Energy Assurance will oversee all phases of prototype program development.
- This endeavor will leverage the Earth's inherent thermal resources, with a focus on extracting energy via conduction from deep hot rock using a closed-loop system.
- Through DoD funding for the feasibility study, subsurface work to fully characterize the geothermal resource will begin immediately.
- “We are pleased to partner with Eavor and the Department of Defense on this innovative project," said Chesapeake Energy President and Chief Executive Officer Nick Dell’Osso.