UT is a leader in clean geothermal energy research

Ethernet co-inventor Bob Metcalfe aims to make the University of Texas at Austin a center for entrepreneurs and expertise in geothermal energy start-ups, part of a push to harness the natural heat of the earth as a renewable source of power.

One million U.S. dollars The Department of Energy grant to the Cockrell School of Engineering at the university is behind the development of the Geothermal Entrepreneurship Organization, which wi....