There are hopes techniques borrowed from the oil and gas industry can boost the viability of geothermal energy, as a German town gears up to be a test case.

The Bavarian town of Geretsried will test a novel way of extracting energy from the earth, the AP news agency reports. The ...

Two government grants awarded to local geothermal drilling start-up to support commercialisation of its innovative coiled ...

Residents in the German town of Geretsried have long wanted to run their buildings with clean heat and electricity from geothermal energy rather than fossil fuels ...