{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-tom-mcclintock-announces-4-million-in-competitive-grants-to", "Congressman Tom McClintock Announces $4 Million In Competitive Grants to Boost Development of Geothermal Technologies", "2010-09-15", "2010", "2010-09", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Tom McClintock", "M001177", "mcclintock.house.gov", "mcclintock", "https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Congressman Tom McClintock today announced the award of $4 million in competitive grants to a pair of recipients in the Fourth Congressional District to research, develop and demonstrate cutting-edge geothermal technologies. The Congressional office worked with the Modoc Contracting Company of Canby to win a $2 million Department of Energy award that will help demonstrate the use of cascading technology in tapping the energy potential of geothermal fluids. The Oski Energy firm of Susanville also received a $2 million award to test innovative power cycle technology.\n\n\u201cThese awards were made based on the merits of the projects,\u201d Congressman McClintock said. \u201cSeven grants were awarded nationwide based on the strength and value of the proposals. The fact that two of the awards are to companies in our resource-rich region yet again illustrates that worthwhile projects can successfully obtain funding through the regular merit-based appropriations process.\u201d\n\n###\n\nThe following projects have been selected for an award:\n\n\u2022 Modoc Contracting Company \u2013 Canby, Modoc County, Calif. - $2 million:\n\nModoc proposes to create a complete \u201ccascaded\u201d use of a geothermal resource (from low temperature power generation through several direct-use applications including a direct heating system, greenhouse operation and fish farm) that will demonstrate energy-efficient use of the geothermal fluids. The company will procure, install and commission an engineered, scalable and duplicable generator unit to use the waste heat from an existing geothermal plant. The \u201ccascading\u201d application will have significant implications for the nearly 1,500 potential low to moderate temperature well sites located within towns and medium-sized cities in the western United States.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:13:43Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-tom-mcclintock-announces-4-million-in-competitive-grants-to"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.255178987979889, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}