Colorado Regional Interest Group (RIG) | Geothermal Rising

RIG Champions: E ric Stautberg, Emilie Gentry, Logan Hackett

CO RIG Event in June 2025

The Colorado GR RIG is excited to announce a visit to the US DOE-funded GLADE Project, arranged in coordination with Oxy. This rig site visit is scheduled for Thursday,26th of June, starting at 1:00 pm in Platteville, Colorado. The visit will last approximately 1 hour and will be led by Oxy. Registration was limited to 20 attendees. The GR Colorado RIG sent details on the meeting location, agenda, and rig site visit requirements to the registration list prior to this event.

Best regards,
~The GR CO RIG Planning Committee

We look forward to posting some photos from this event soon!

Past Events-June 2025

Geothermal Energy in Colorado: Resource Assessment and Project Development

Hello friends of the Colorado GR RIG:
Thank you for meeting us on Wednesday, June 18th 6:00 - 9:00 PM (Mountain Time)
As the CO GR RIG hosted a hybrid virtual/in-person event at New Terrain Brewery!

At this meeting, our guest presenter Emilie Gentry, Geothermal Lead at TEVERRA, presented on " Geothermal Energy in Colorado: Resource Assessment and Project Development"

Thanks for supporting the geothermal community in Colorado!

Best regards,
~The GR CO RIG Planning Committee

Past Events-May 2025

On Wednesday, May 21st, there was an informal happy hour at Barrels & Bottles in South Golden starting at 5 p.m.
Thank you for coming and supporting the Colorado RIG!

~The GR CO RIG Planning Committee

Past Events-March 2025

Thank you for attending as the Colorado GR RIG:
Organized a hybrid virtual/in-person event at New Terrain Brewery.
Our guest presenter was Amanda Kolker, Laboratory Program Manager—Geothermal Technologies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Make sure you check out the Video here on YouTube

Thanks for supporting the geothermal community in Colorado!
Best regards,
~The GR CO RIG Planning Committee

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https://youtu.be/NCD8auJvmr0
For those of you who may have missed it, The above is the link to the recording.

Guest speaker Johanna Ostrum, Chief Operating Officer at Gradient Geothermal, on "Geothermal Smorgasbord: a little
bit of everything happening in the industry today" was held on Thursday October 3, 2024 6:00- 9:00 PM MDT

Colorado RIG Front Range Field Trip Guidebook

Download The Colorado RIG Field Trip Guidebook here

Thank you for those that were able to join us for the first ever Geothermal Rising Colorado RIG geothermal field trip through Colorado's Front Range, as we unraveled the geological features that set up potential geothermal resources deep in the Denver Basin. For those of you that were unable to be there in person please note that we have created the Colorado RIG Front Range Field Trip Guidebook and it is now available. SEE Download link above

Contact Kam Noren if you need assistance Kam@geothermal.org

July 18th 2024 the CO GR RIG organized a hybrid virtual/in-person event at New Terrain Brewery, happy that some of you joined us! At this meeting, our guest speaker was Jason Sorter, Community Engagement and Policy Director with Geothermal Rising. He presented on "Geothermal Federal and State-level Policy Update". Jason is a senior clean energy policy and strategic communications professional with over 14 years of experience advancing renewable energy policies and deployment at the federal, state and local levels.

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