The Duck Curve#land leasing
Singapore maps deep geothermal heat; Nevada lease sale takes in $4.8M
Singapore's Energy Market Authority said on October 26, 2026 that a 2024-26 geophysical survey puts the technical potential of its deep geothermal resource at over sixty times current annual electricity use, and appointed Surbana Jurong and GLJ to study next-generation plants. BLM's October 20 Nevada sale took in $4.83 million for 60 parcels, and Mitsubishi Power says Darajat Unit 3 now runs at 129 MW.
BLM sets October 27 auction for 19 California geothermal parcels
The Bureau of Land Management announced on September 11, 2026 a competitive geothermal lease sale on October 27, 2026 for 19 parcels covering 39,723.81 acres of public land in Inyo, Mono, Lake, Sonoma, Modoc, and Imperial counties, California. It is the fourth sale listed on the bureau's California geothermal page since 2014; the August 2025 sale took $2,711,858 on 13 parcels, and a December 2025 instruction memorandum directs BLM state offices to hold geothermal sales annually where nominations are pending.
Hexagon leases geothermal rights on 145,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser forest
Hexagon Energy announced on September 10, 2026 that it has leased the geothermal rights on approximately 145,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser timberland in Washington and Oregon and says the portfolio could bring over 3 GW of power online once operational. The release names no project site, schedule, or technology. Weyerhaeuser optioned nearly 667,000 acres of geothermal rights to AltaRock Energy in 2008, and the largest plant on the Oregon Department of Energy's geothermal list is 22 MW.
