US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:25:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 ARPA-E Funds Laser-Drilled Geothermal Energy Project https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arpa-e-funds-laser-drilled-geothermal-energy-project-20121215/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arpa-e-funds-laser-drilled-geothermal-energy-project-20121215/#respond Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:25:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29868 The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has provided funding to Foro Energy to develop inexpensive, high-powered lasers that may be able to tear through rock to drill for oil. This would eliminate the need to bore through the Earth using giant metal drills in the quest for resources. Using […]

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