AltaRock: Deschutes County site in running for national geothermal lab

BEND, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Energy is considering a site in Oregon's Deschutes County for a national geothermal research lab. The land near Newberry Volcano is leased by Seattle-based geothermal firm AltaRock Energy Inc., which performs testing there. It's one of several locations under consideration for the proposed Frontier Observatory for Research [...]