Primary Convener:
Angela Seligman, Clean Air Task Force

Convener:
Nicolas Huerta, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Edith Wilson, Rock Whisperer LLC
Renjie Zhou, Sam Houston State University
Jana Simo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Malcolm Ross, Eavor Technologies Inc.
Taylor Mattie, Project InnerSpace
Shadi Salahshoor, GTI Energy
Hongbin Zhan, Texas A&M University

Chair:
Nicolas Huerta, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Edith Wilson, Rock Whisperer LLC

Geothermal energy offers clean, renewable, 24/7 baseload power, yet conventional resources provide only 0.4% of global generation. Superhot rock geothermal (>400 °C) could increase well capacity by 5–10×, but extreme environments demand breakthroughs in high-temperature materials, understanding of supercritical fluid–rock interactions, fracture behaviors prediction, and sustained heat extraction methods. Repurposing fossil fuel infrastructure, advancing turbine design, and improving resource mapping can help tap the Earth’s 47 TW heat flow for electricity, heating, industry, agriculture, and health. Subsurface systems also enable underground energy storage (UES) for natural gas, hydrogen, compressed air, or thermal energy, offering distributed, long-duration capacity that strengthens energy security and resilience. Integrating geothermal generation with UES can meet growing demand while maintaining stability. This session invites cross-disciplinary advances in engineering, geoscience, and policy to accelerate deployment and unlock the full potential of subsurface energy for a sustainable future.

Index Terms
0545 Modeling
1829 Groundwater hydrology
5114 Permeability and porosity
7294 Seismic instruments and networks

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
DI - Study of the Earth´s Deep Interior
S - Seismology
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Suggested Itineraries:
Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering