• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Lauren Boyd

United States Department of Energy

Director, Geothermal Technologies Office

Lauren Boyd leads the efforts of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) to improve performance, reduce costs, and accelerate deployment of all geothermal technologies. In this role, Lauren is responsible for a budget of more than $115 million for geothermal research, development, and demonstration and champions GTO’s partnerships with industry, academia, the DOE national laboratories, and others to increase geothermal deployment and advance geothermal as an economically competitive and widely available part of the U.S. energy supply. Lauren also manages DOE's international portfolio on geothermal and represents the United States on several international steering committees. Prior to becoming director, Lauren served as GTO’s senior advisor, providing technical expertise and input on matters across the Office’s portfolio. She also spent more than a decade leading GTO’s enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) program, where she was instrumental in spearheading and launching DOE’s flagship EGS research site, the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), as well as EGS Collab and DOE’s Enhanced Geothermal Shot™.

Sessions With Lauren Boyd

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 01:30pm - 02:10pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 06:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 07:10 pm

    Geothermal: How big is it going to get?

    Power/Clean Power

    As a net-zero energy source, geothermal can be a gamechanger for reducing our global carbon footprint. What are the market drivers for this exciting clean technology? In addition, what current limitations are keeping this energy source from expanding, and are there solutions to address these issues?

Wednesday, 20 March