As Big Tech pushes forward with new data centres, there is a growing need for reliable, clean power. Geothermal has emerged as a solution, enabled by next generation energy technologies which are unlocking new geographies.

Delivery of these technologies looks familiar – much of the physical build-out of new geothermal systems relies on traditional oil and gas expertise and equipment. Some oil and gas wells may be repurposed, and new wells will lean on previous learnings.

The opportunity is significant; investment in geothermal projects is forecast to reach $2.5tn by 2050, and geothermal could offer a cleaner pivot for traditional hydrocarbon infrastructure. However, questions remain around risk-sharing and delivery timelines.

Drilling down into the detail is Florent Rousset, vice president of new energy at Baker Hughes.

Eve Thomas, associate editor of GlobalData’s energy titles, is the host and producer of this episode.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:57) Geothermal for data centre power demand

(02:32) Oil and gas’ opportunity

(03:12) Infrastructure and know-how carry over

(04:06) Translating unconventional experience

(04:42) Repurposing technology for geothermal

(05:48) Challenges for geothermal compared to oil and gas

(06:47) Repurposing vs drilling new wells

(07:37) Planning for geology

(08:30) Risk-sharing with hyperscalers

(09:23) Timeline for delivering power

(10:00) Outro

Most global transport and heavy industry still rely on fossil fuels; for these hard-to-abate sectors, decarbonisation hinges on the development of low-carbon alternatives.

Green hydrogen, ethanol and synthetic fuels are seeing some limited adoption, but cost-competitiveness and scalability remain challenging. Across the solar, wind and tidal sectors, researchers are working to push the needle towards commercial viability.

Discussing the work that could shape the future of low-carbon fuel alternatives are four researchers and experts: Maren Cordts, co-founder of photreon; Motiar Rahaman, assistant professor at the University of Liège; Catrin Garrett, energy systems engineer at EMEC and Alessandro Giampieri, research associate at Durham Energy Institute.

For more on low-carbon fuels, check out last week’s episode from Gastech.

Eve Thomas, associate editor of GlobalData’s energy titles, is the host and producer of this episode.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:01) photreon’s photoreactor panels

(01:59) Tackling scalability

(02:58) Artificial leaves

(04:03) Targeting ethanol

(04:49) The speed of progress

(06:20) Trends in tidal for fuel production

(07:44) Challenges in tidal power

(08:34) Vanadium batteries in tidal

(10:07) Tidal for SAF

(11:10) Offshore wind for onshore electrolysis

(11:45) Producing hydrogen onsite offshore

(12:49) Transporting offshore hydrogen to shote

(15:05) The curtailment opportunity

(16:27) Outro

Gastech 2026, hosted in Bangkok, Thailand, brought together tens of thousands of energy professionals from more than 150 countries to discuss some of the biggest problems and solutions shaping the industry.

At the event, we spoke to experts from across the industry value chain to get their views on some of the key themes running through this year’s agenda, including geopolitics and energy security, gas's role as a transition fuel and beyond, unlocking future fuel markets and how AI is transforming offshore operations.

This episode features insights from Honeywell Technologies’ president of projects & automation solutions, Russ Ford, Wood’s COO for projects, Nick Shorten, and APAC regional president, John Mtanios, Armstrong Fluid Technology Industrial’s global product manager, Divyanshu Shrivastava, Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure’s gas transfer specialist, Matthew Richardson, and SmartSea’s CEO, Kris Vedat.

⁠Jackie Park⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, editor-in-chief of GlobalData's energy titles, is the host of this episode.

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(00:00) Intro

(00:35) Geopolitics and energy security

(01:50) Gas beyond a transition fuel

(03:39) Who should pay to decarbonise gas?

(05:41) Making gas fit for the future

(06:29) Unlocking future fuels

(09:17) AI to scale alternative fuels

(10:13) AI’s unique offering offshore

(11:20) What the digital future needs