How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back from the Dead

Zanskar says it revived the struggling Lightning Dock geothermal plant in New Mexico with a new 8,000-foot replacement well.

The company says the site has run successfully for a year and is now producing more heat than before.

The turnaround suggests older geothermal plants may still be viable with deeper drilling and better subsurface modeling.

If replicable, the approach could expand a small but valuable source of clean baseload power.