Robert Davis pours concrete into a wooden form during the Sustainable Construction Technology lab at Mendocino College. Davis is currently in his second semester. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)

Powering Rural Futures: Clean energy is creating new jobs in rural America, generating opportunities for people who install solar panels, build wind turbines, weatherize homes and more. This five-part series from the Rural News Network explores how industry, state governments and education systems are training this growing workforce.

MENDOCINO CO., 5/21/25 — A plan to nearly double the amount of electricity drawn from naturally occurring heat deep below Mendocino and Sonoma counties could create thousands of new jobs in the region.

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Aly Brown has freelanced many news articles and been on staff at several Bay Area news outlets, including the Brentwood Press, the Livermore Independent and Bay City News. Her first nonfiction book, THE...