Meet ReMine | 2026 President's Innovation Challenge Ingenuity Award Winner

The Earth provides everything we need, but we have a lot of needs. From AI data centers to electric cars, A units, hospitals, universities, and despite the many climate commitments made worldwide, we are on a trajectory towards disaster. There are over 1 million abandoned mines in the world, half of which are in the United States, leeching toxic chemicals into drinking water and harming human health. That's where Remine comes in. Disrupting the energy industry by converting toxic abandoned mines into geothermal energy systems that power communities for generations. Next generation geothermal energy systems allow us to access areas that were previously too cold or too deep for traditional systems. Remine redesigns horizontal multi-staged enhanced geothermal systems to generate energy in the 17,000 legacy mines identified by the EPA with geothermal energy potential and plugging that energy directly into the grid. The best part is that the largest cost is foregone using governmental policies and banks of cash waiting to be used. Fossil fuels drive 90% of our emissions. But at Remine, we're proving that the minds we left behind are the key to a carbon-f free future.