photo courtesy US Geological Survey

Recently we wrote about the US Department of Energy investing in advanced geothermal research. Well, Alaska isn’t waiting around for the Feds to dole out the cash to begin tapping the mountains around them for geothermal.

Daily Tech is reporting that Alaskan state officials have announced that they will begin funding surveying of Alaska’s largest volcanoes to determine just how much geothermal energy it may be able to generate from th...