The Canadian government has invested over $1 million into the research and exploration of Nunavut’s geothermal heat and energy potential. Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and the territory’s sole energy provider Qulliq Energy Corporation will fund research analyzing subterranean conditions in the remote communities of Resolute Bay, Baker Lake, and Cambridge Bay over the next three years.

The Energy Council of Canada released a newsletter mid-December with a letter from President and CEO Jacob Irving, summarizing the major energy sector news of 2022. Irving details the fluctuations felt in international oil and gas markets, from prices to production rates and changes in supply and demand.

Scotland is looking for new ways to explore clean energy and next-level geothermal heating and cooling in order to meet ambitious climate goals in the next decade. Scottish news publication The Herald reported on exciting new developments in research into new applications of geothermal energy using old coal mines.

Online energy publication Renewable Energy World recently reported on the announcement of a comprehensive green-tech project in Nevada designed to increase the state’s energy security and facilitate a transition to renewables. NV energy, a public utility provider in Nevada has awarded swiss-based Energy Vault Holdings a contract to provide a battery energy storage system, also known as BESS. The project is estimated to be up and running by winter 2023.

New green energy development legislation is being considered in the Yukon in order to harness the region’s subterranean renewable potential and decrease reliance on fossil fuels by switching to next-generation geothermal energy. CBC Yukon journalist Julien Gignac reported these regulations for geothermal exploration and extraction could be in place as soon as the fall of 2023. The article follows closely on the heels of an October report detailing the predicted impacts of climate change on the Territory’s unique landscape and way of life.

First Nations and rural communities in Nova Scotia are getting ready to turn up the heat on geothermal energy. A new federal program dubbed Community Geothermal Resource Capacity Assessment and Training, or GeoCAT for short, was announced in early November. CBC’s Erin Pottie’s article covering the announcement of the program describes how the $1.3 million budget will be spent to educate stakeholders and community members about the Maritime province’s next-generation geothermal energy potential, and accessible technologies that can be used to access it.