How to Use geothermal in a Sentence

geothermal

adjective
  • The house has geothermal heat, and there are five garage spaces.
    — Shauna Steigerwald, Cincinnati.com, 12 July 2017
  • Most geothermal power plants are flash steam plants.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The state also has geothermal power plants, which can run day and night.
    — Dave Merrill, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Investors are wary of the cost and risks of novel geothermal projects.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a large pond that functions as part of the geothermal system.
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Their project aims to turn geothermal plants into sources of lithium.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
  • Plus it’s heated by geothermal springs.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The pool, which is fed by a geothermal spring, sits in the bottom of a 55-foot deep cave.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Many newer homes are built with things like solar power and geothermal heat in mind.
    — Mike Wehner, BGR, 10 June 2021
  • Home heat pumps can even run on the geothermal energy in your backyard.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 16 Mar. 2022
  • In the summer, warm air from the house is drawn into the geothermal heat pump’s water.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Wind power and geothermal heat aren’t enough to keep the world cool, according to a new study.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The park's geothermal wonders are on full display.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Ormat will construct three main parts of the entire geothermal project.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • Google and Meta have been key partners for first-of-a-kind geothermal plants with young startups.
    — Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
  • American homes use a geothermal heat pump.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There are downsides to both geothermal systems.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Researchers are finding new ways to use geothermal resources, too.
    — Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Boise residents now have a new way to pay their sewer, trash and geothermal heating bills.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2026
  • But even the East Coast has a sprinkling of its own geothermal splendor.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2022
  • They are also sometimes called geothermal springs.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In those places, humans have been using geothermal energy since the dawn of time.
    — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Boise has the nation’s largest geothermal system, and one of the oldest systems in the world.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 29 Mar. 2025
  • And one of the best places to watch is from the geothermal waters of the Blue Lagoon.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
  • But on the flipside, that means thousands of years of free geothermal energy.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The star attraction, however, is the three geothermal hot spring pools on the grounds.
    — Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2021
  • All its units have geothermal heat, which keeps the energy cost low, Reinhardt said.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Today, geothermal boreholes are drilled with oversized rigs designed for oil and gas projects.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The third stop on my hot springs crawl was a geothermal swimming pool located in the heart of the capital.
    — Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2021
  • As a geothermal plant, Project Red is, by design, baseload power.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023

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