Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS)
Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), also sometimes called engineered geothermal systems, offer great potential for dramatically expanding the use of geothermal energy. Present geothermal power generation comes from hydrothermal reservoirs, and is somewhat limited in geographic application to specific ideal places in the western U.S. This represents the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of geothermal energy potential.
