ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,682, issued on May 12, was assigned to Nant Holdings IP LLC (Culver City, Calif.).
"Combined power generation using geothermal and solar energy" was invented by Patrick Soon-Shiong (Culver City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are presented for enhancing energy production and storage by integrating solar energy with geothermal processes. In certain embodiments, a hybrid geothermal/solar system increases energy yield from a closed loop geothermal system, stores heat in a wellbore, enhances power generation from geothermal brine, and/or facilitates carbon dioxide sequestration or conversion to fuel, all prefera...