Join Stefan Streckfus, CTO of Renewell Energy, for a free, one-hour webinar exploring the untapped potential of inactive wells.
With a career dedicated to developing and deploying new technologies, Streckfus offers a fresh perspective on these wells—not as obsolete infrastructure, but as valuable assets with a new purpose.
Discover how Renewell Energy is pioneering gravity energy storage to transform inactive wells into critical components of a sustainable energy future.
The Renewell mechanical energy storage system can capture energy by lowering a weight down a well, producing clean energy by turning a regenerative winch.
The weight can remain near the bottom of the well until it makes economic sense to buy energy to lift the weight back to its starting point, thereby ‘charging’ the system.
The Gravity Well system is unique among all other energy storage technologies in that, on average, each system will have a net-negative carbon footprint because idle wells are often leaking methane.
Rather than spending billions to decommission old oil wells explore a smarter, more cost-effective path—one that gives these wells a second life.
Who is this for?
-- Farmers interested in sustainable energy solutions
-- Landowners seeking innovative uses for inactive wells
-- International energy regulators exploring emerging technologies
-- Energy policymakers shaping the future of renewable energy
-- Local government officials focused on infrastructure and sustainability
What will you learn?
-- The fundamentals of gravity energy storage and its role in renewable energy
-- How inactive wells can be repurposed to support a sustainable energy future
Click Here to watch a video about the technology.
Click Here to register and for more information.
Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn more about many other educational opportunities.
Resource Links - Geothermal Energy:
-- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage Using Compressed Air Technology [PaEN]
-- Penn State, Project InnerSpace Report: Leverage Oil & Gas Workers To Generate Enough Geothermal Energy To Meet 100% Of Pennsylvania's Electricity, Heating, Medium Industrial Process Needs [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Geothermal Might Have The Answer For Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Needs - By John Walliser, PA Environmental Council & Kevin Sunday, McNees Wallace & Nurick [PaEN]
-- Geothermal Energy From Abandoned Mine Water: Pennsylvania also has tremendous potential for geothermal energy from underground abandoned coal mine water pools as well [Read more here] and federal funding is available to develop this resource [Read more here].
Upcoming Extension Events
March 19-- Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar On Green Infrastructure's Many Functions. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
March 19-- Penn State Extension Pond Management Series (1 of 4). Noon to 1:00 p.m.
March 24-- Penn State Extension Ag Water Series Webinar: Countywide Clean Water Plans - Beyond 2025. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
March 26-- Penn State Extension Pond Management Series (2 of 4). Noon to 1:00 p.m.
March 29-- Penn State Extension In-Person Rain Barrel Discovery Workshop, Lebanon County 11:00 to Noon
April 1-- Penn State Extension Hosts Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing Webinar; A Free Water Test Included. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
April 1-3-- Penn State ACAP Ag Conservation Con 2025 - Harrisburg
April 2-- Penn State Extension Pond Management Series (3 of 4). Noon to 1:00 p.m.
April 5-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center’s Greening The Lower Susquehanna Program Hosts n-Person Riparian Buffer Maintenance Workshop In Lancaster County 9:00 a.m. to Noon
April 8-- Penn State Extension (8 of 10) Pennsylvania Forests Webinar Seminar Series - Forest Resilience Scorecard for PA. Noon and 7:00 p.m.
April 9-- Penn State Extension Pond Management Series (4 of 4). Noon to 1:00 p.m.
April 21-- Penn State Extension In-Person Private Water Supply Education, Water Testing Workshop, Carlisle, Cumberland County, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
April 28, April 29-- Penn State Extension, PA Sea Grant In-Person Educator Workshops On Watershed Literacy & Tree Plantings In Lancaster County
April 29-- Penn State Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Webinar On Effective Outreach Engagement On Adopting Farm Conservation Practices 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
May 6-7-- Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium, Harrisburg
May 13-- Penn State Extension (9 of 10) Pennsylvania Forests Webinar Seminar Series - Tree Nuts in Pennsylvania. Noon and 7:00 p.m.
May 13-15-- Save the Date: DCNR Watershed Forestry Summit
June 10-- Penn State Extension (10 of 10) Pennsylvania Forests Webinar Seminar Series - The Use of Slash Walls to Exclude Deer and Regenerate Native Forest Tree Species. Noon and 7:00 p.m.
July 29 to Aug. 1-- Penn State Extension Hosts Soak Up Science - Be A Stream Doctor Day Camp For Youth 8-12 At The Southeast Agricultural Research Farm In Centre County [PaEN]
September 25-- Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators. Harrisburg.
[Posted: March 18, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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