The Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate Competition finalists have been announced!

If you missed the live announcement during the NextGen Geo event last week, congratulations to our finalists! You can access a recording of the presentation and announcements.

By the numbers: 

15 finalist teams

17 collegiate institutions

3 minority-serving institutions

7 types of district/energy load applications

3 conversions of existing oil & gas wells to geothermal.

The teams moving on to compete in the final round of the Geothermal Collegiate Competition are:

  • Colorado School of Mines/CSM-PE
  • Cornell University/Big Red Heat
  • Cypress College/Charging Bladhs
  • Liberty University/LUSE
  • Montana State University
  • Northern Virginia Community College/NOVA Nighthawks
  • State University of New York (SUNY) Broome and SUNY Binghamton
  • Temple University/Team A40
  • The University of Oklahoma/GeoFitters
  • The University of Oklahoma/Sooners Geothermal Team
  • University of California, Berkeley and Rutgers University
  • University of Colorado Boulder/GeoDudes
  • University of North Dakota and Reykjavik University/Geothermal Vision
  • University of Notre Dame/Geothermal ND
  • Western Kentucky University

Good luck to all of the teams!