{"id":167145,"date":"2024-06-27T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/researchers-and-geothermal-energy-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:52:49","slug":"researchers-and-geothermal-energy-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/researchers-and-geothermal-energy-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers find potential source of geothermal energy in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have identified Presidio County, located on the U.S.-Mexico border, as a promising source for <strong>geothermal energy development in Texas<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geothermal energy in Texas<\/h2>\n\n<p>The <strong>research team<\/strong> previously received a grant to investigate the feasibility of a geothermal plant in the southern part of the county. According to Ken Wisian, leader of the research team and a geophysicist at the University of Texas, <em>&#8220;The bottom line is that the whole county looks like a really good development target. As good or better than areas already being developed in Texas.&#8221;<\/em> This finding has been highlighted by <strong>ThinkGeoEnergy<\/strong> and has generated excitement among local officials.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>implementation of a geothermal industry <\/strong>in Presidio County could revitalize the local economy, generate new jobs, and eventually reduce energy costs for communities. The <strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/pros-and-cons-of-geothermal-energy\/\" data-type=\"articulo\" data-id=\"164758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">geothermal energy<\/a>\n<\/strong>also has environmental benefits. Unlike fuels such as natural gas and coal, which emit hazardous pollutants, geothermal energy contributes to better air quality.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Harvard <strong>TH Chan School of Public Health<\/strong> warns that pollutants released by fossil fuels can cause serious health problems, including premature death, heart attacks, respiratory problems, strokes and asthma. Switching to clean energy sources such as geothermal benefits public health while mitigating climate change. Fossil fuels are primarily responsible for global warming, and their reduction is essential for environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on social networks and don&#8217;t miss any of our publications!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/presidio-county-texas-geothermal-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/presidio-county-texas-geothermal-energy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cool Down<\/a>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health warns that pollutants released by fossil fuels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":167126,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-167145","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/167145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/167145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=167145"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=167145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}