Bill Weihl of Google on Geothermal & EGS

2 March 2009

Alexander Richter

I came across this little interview with Bill Weihl, the Google “Energy Czar” that I thought to be worth posting.

In it he talks about hydrogeothermal and engineered geothermal systems (EGS), as well as Google’s investments into Potter Drilling and AltaRock Energy.

Found on TheTakeAway

Bill Weihl Google.org U.S.

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