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One border region of Texas holds significant promise underground for a clean and sustainable energy source, ThinkGeoEnergy reported.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin recently released a study that identifies Presidio County, Texas, which sits on the United States/Mexico border, as a promising location for geothermal energy development. The team was previously awarded a grant to study the feasibility of building a geothermal energy plant in the southern part of the county.
“Bottom line is … the whole county looks like a really good development target. As good or better than areas that are already being developed in Texas,” Ken Wisian, the head of the research team and a geophysicist at the University of Texas, said, per ThinkGeoEnergy.
Local officials are excited about the news, according to the…
