The Green Blueprint: Sage Geosystems' bet on underground energy storage

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Lara Pierpoint interviews Cindy Taff about Sage Geosystems' innovative geothermal technology for energy storage.

This week, we’re featuring an episode of The Green Blueprint. In this episode, Lara Pierpoint talks with Cindy Taff, CEO of Sage Geosystems. Cindy and her team at Sage Geosystems are developing geothermal technology that could revolutionize energy storage. Instead of pumping water up a mountain, they pump it deep into the earth, providing cost-effective, long-term storage for intermittent renewable sources. They’re piloting this technology at a new commercial facility in partnership with San Miguel Electric Cooperative, a rural Texas electric cooperative that is transitioning from coal to solar and battery storage thanks to a USDA grant. Lara and Cindy talk about Sage’s groundbreaking new technology, its first commercial facility, and upcoming partnerships with geothermal giant Ormat Technologies. If you are looking for more Open Circuit episodes to consume, subscribe to Latitude’s YouTube page. Explore the new era of AI innovation in the fifth season of Where the Internet Lives, an award-winning podcast from Google and Latitude Studios. Follow and listen to Where the Internet Lives on ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Google⁠, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ready to accelerate your…

People in this episode

Host: Lara Pierpoint

Guest: Cindy Taff

Topics covered

• geothermal technology
• energy storage
• renewable energy
• clean energy
• partnerships

Keywords

• geothermal
• energy storage
• renewable energy
• Sage Geosystems
• Cindy Taff
• clean energy
• San Miguel Electric Cooperative

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sage Geosystems, San Miguel Electric Cooperative, USDA, Ormat Technologies, Latitude Media

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