Alternative Energy Resources of the Future
Investigate geologic, technologic, environmental, and economic factors controlling the production and use of alternative fuels such as uranium, oil shale, heavy oil, and tar sands.
Project Chief: Vito Nuccio

Ice that burns! Methane hydrates are naturally occurring icelike solids that trap gas molecules in a cagelike structure. At the base of this flame you can see white cubes of ice, that as they melt, release methane gas that burns.

Geothermal Energy – Clean Power
from the Earth’s Heat
Circular 1249
In an effort to support national energy planners, this new USGS circular incorporates more recent advances in geothermal science and technology.

Mallik 2002 Program
The USGS is participating in a multinational research program on gas hydrates.

Renewable Energy Policy Project
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST), publishing information about renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability available on the Internet.

Geothermal Energy Program
U.S. Department of Energy Program to work in partnership with U.S. industry to establish geothermal energy as an economically competitive contributor to the U.S. energy supply.

EnviroMission’s Solar Mission Project
Time Magazine votes 'Solar Tower Technology' one the of the Best Inventions of 2002. ‘Solar Mission’ is the project title of EnviroMission’s inspirational program to adapt innovative Solar Tower technology to Australian conditions and construct the world’s first large-scale solar thermal power station.