Google-backed energy outfit brings 33 MW of 4 GW geothermal potential online in Utah
Fervo says the station has the potential to eventually scale to more than four gigawatts of capacity.For now, the company is working toward fulfilling 900 MW of contracted capacity. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); The trick is getting the water deep enough in the first place. To overcome this challenge, Fervo borrowed technologies originally developed by the oil and gas industry.Two parallel wells are dug to around 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) below the surface.
- ▪Fervo says the station has the potential to eventually scale to more than four gigawatts of capacity.For now, the company is working toward fulfilling 900 MW of contracted capacity.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); The trick is getting the water deep enough in the first place.
- ▪To overcome this challenge, Fervo borrowed technologies originally developed by the oil and gas industry.Two parallel wells are dug to around 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) below the surface.
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