Although geothermal power plants have operated commercially in various parts of the world for decades, the sector hasn't attracted the investment needed to reduce costs and enable global deployment. But with further development, new methods of harnessing geothermal energy to produce heat and electricity could deliver as much as 800 GW of geothermal power capacity worldwide by 2050. That\u2019s equivalent to the electricity demand of the United States and India combined.<\/p>\n
In December 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) published \"The Future of Geothermal Energy,\"<\/em> a report exploring opportunities in this sector.<\/p>\n Our guest today is a lead author of that report. In this conversation, Heymi Bahar, Senior Renewable Energy Analyst with the IEA, discusses geothermal energy\u2019s full technological potential and strategies for unlocking investment in this promising resource.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What will it take to make next-generation geothermal energy economically competitive and commercially available all over the world? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[47,1061,1251,195,1148,483],"class_list":["post-4200","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-district-heating","tag-geothermal","tag-heat-networks","tag-heat-pumps","tag-networked-geothermal","tag-regulatory","xen_guests-heymi-bahar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n