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== Article Draft ==
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=== Lead ===
=== Company Grassroots ===
Founded in 2017, Fervo Energy is an energy resource company primarily focused on harnessing heat through enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Co-founded by Tim Latimer, a mechanical engineer by background, Latimer worked as a drilling engineer at BHP until 2015<ref>{{Cite web |last=Latimer |first=Tim |title=Tim Latimer |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/timlatimer/ |website=Linkedin}}</ref>. His departure from the oil and gas sector was driven by a desire to apply techniques observed during the shale revolution<ref>{{Cite web |title=The U.S. Shale Revolution |url=https://www.strausscenter.org/energy-and-security-project/the-u-s-shale-revolution/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Strauss Center |language=en-US}}</ref> to geothermal extraction.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=Technology - Fervo Energy |url=https://fervoenergy.com/technology/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=fervoenergy.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Founded in 2017, Fervo Energy is an energy resource company primarily focused on harnessing heat through enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Co-founded by Tim Latimer, a mechanical engineer by background, Latimer worked as a drilling engineer at BHP until 2015<ref>{{Cite web |last=Latimer |first=Tim |title=Tim Latimer |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/timlatimer/ |website=Linkedin}}</ref>. His departure from the oil and gas sector was driven by a desire to apply techniques observed during the shale revolution<ref>{{Cite web |title=The U.S. Shale Revolution |url=https://www.strausscenter.org/energy-and-security-project/the-u-s-shale-revolution/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Strauss Center |language=en-US}}</ref> to geothermal extraction.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=Technology - Fervo Energy |url=https://fervoenergy.com/technology/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=fervoenergy.com |language=en-US}}</ref>


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On July 18, 2023, Fervo Energy announced that their first pilot geothermal plant was successful in generating 3.5 MW (megawatts) of baseload power and consistently maintained flow rates of 60 liters per second (l/s).
On July 18, 2023, Fervo Energy announced that their first pilot geothermal plant was successful in generating 3.5 MW (megawatts) of baseload power and consistently maintained flow rates of 60 liters per second (l/s).


=== Article body ===
=== Background ===


==== Background Idea: Petroleum Industry applications ====
==== Petroleum Industry applications ====
By 2005, American oil production had reached a 35-year low, with the United States producing just over 50% of what it had produced in 1976.<ref name=":1" /> This significant decline led to a reliance on foreign imports, perpetuating a constant feeling of hesitancy in American markets. However, two key technologies that had been present in the oil and gas industry for some time combined to propel the American oil industry to its fastest growth ever. These technologies are horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as fracking).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rapier |first=Robert |title=How The Shale Boom Turned The World Upside Down |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2017/04/21/how-the-shale-boom-turned-the-world-upside-down/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Put simply horizontal wells were drilled stacked one upon another and then fractures were induced to connect a multitude of horizontal wells. This allowed the surface area of the reservoir to grow improve permeability and thus achieving higher barrel production daily.<ref name=":1" />
By 2005, American oil production had reached a 35-year low, with the United States producing just over 50% of what it had produced in 1976.<ref name=":1" /> This significant decline led to a reliance on foreign imports, perpetuating a constant feeling of hesitancy in American markets. However, two key technologies that had been present in the oil and gas industry for some time combined to propel the American oil industry to its fastest growth ever. These technologies are horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as fracking).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rapier |first=Robert |title=How The Shale Boom Turned The World Upside Down |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2017/04/21/how-the-shale-boom-turned-the-world-upside-down/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Put simply horizontal wells were drilled stacked one upon another and then fractures were induced to connect a multitude of horizontal wells. This allowed the surface area of the reservoir to grow improve permeability and thus achieving higher barrel production daily.<ref name=":1" />


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Mark Mclure along with his co-author Sogo Shiowaza, believed that the combination of horizontal drilling and fracking first utilized in the petroleum sector has the potential to de risk EGS systems. In simpler terms, as long as you know there is sufficient amounts of heat, the system will produce viable amounts of electrical energy with little risk.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=TY - BOOK AU - Shiozawa, Sogo AU - McClure, Mark PY - 2014/01/01 SP - T1 - EGS designs with horizontal wells, multiple stages, and proppant VL - ER - |title= |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265127214_EGS_designs_with_horizontal_wells_multiple_stages_and_proppant |journal=}}</ref>
Mark Mclure along with his co-author Sogo Shiowaza, believed that the combination of horizontal drilling and fracking first utilized in the petroleum sector has the potential to de risk EGS systems. In simpler terms, as long as you know there is sufficient amounts of heat, the system will produce viable amounts of electrical energy with little risk.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=TY - BOOK AU - Shiozawa, Sogo AU - McClure, Mark PY - 2014/01/01 SP - T1 - EGS designs with horizontal wells, multiple stages, and proppant VL - ER - |title= |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265127214_EGS_designs_with_horizontal_wells_multiple_stages_and_proppant |journal=}}</ref>


EGS around the world has struggled in technical and economical aspects. On the technical side, vertical wells often encounter thermal short circuiting. This is where shallower induced fractures are better transmitters of water then deeper ones. This is often attributed to less normal stress on the fracture at shallower depth and more viscosity where the deeper fractures have the opposite effects.<ref name=":2" /> This causes certain fractures to produce different water temperatures where they meet in the production well, thus they're heating are negated.<ref name=":2" />
EGS around the world has struggled in technical and economical aspects. On the technical side, vertical wells often encounter thermal short circuiting. This is where shallower induced fractures are better transmitters of water then deeper ones. This is often attributed to less normal stress on the fracture at shallower depth and more viscosity where the deeper fractures have the opposite effects.<ref name=":2" /> This causes certain fractures to produce different water temperatures where they meet in the production well, thus they're heating are negated.<ref name=":2" />[[File:Daneshy-Fig-01.gif|thumb|315x315px|Plug and perf method.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2011-10-04 |title=Multistage fracturing using plug-and-perf systems |url=https://www.worldoil.com/magazine/2011/october-2011/features/multistage-fracturing-using-plug-and-perf-systems# |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=www.worldoil.com |language=en}}</ref>]]Another issue is zonal isolation of fracturing, at shallow depth it is easy to model induced fracturing, however the deeper the whole the less you can model and thus predict where your cracks will form causing random fracture networks and thus less efficiency as some water will be lost in the vast fracture network and wont be sucked up by the production well.<ref name=":2" />

Another issue is zonal isolation of fracturing, at shallow depth it is easy to model induced fracturing, however the deeper the whole the less you can model and thus predict where your cracks will form causing random fracture networks and thus less efficiency as some water will be lost in the vast fracture network and wont be sucked up by the production well.<ref name=":2" />


Horizontal drilling of geothermal tackles both of the issues above. By having the injection and production drilled horizontally all induced fractures will sit in the sam normal stress field, same temperature zone and have the same viscosity eliminating the potential of short circuits. To induce optimal fractures, Fervo Energy uses the plug and perforation method, again adopted from the unconventional oil industry. The plug and perforation system isolates stages from one another to decrease chances of unwanted fracture interactions when the fractures are initiated.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Munsell |first=Faith |date=2017-09-28 |title=Pinpoint-Entry Fracturing vs. Plug and Perf |url=https://www.keystoneenergytools.com/pinpoint-entry-fracturing-vs-plug-perf/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Keystone Energy Tools |language=en-US}}</ref>
Horizontal drilling of geothermal tackles both of the issues above. By having the injection and production drilled horizontally all induced fractures will sit in the sam normal stress field, same temperature zone and have the same viscosity eliminating the potential of short circuits. To induce optimal fractures, Fervo Energy uses the plug and perforation method, again adopted from the unconventional oil industry. The plug and perforation system isolates stages from one another to decrease chances of unwanted fracture interactions when the fractures are initiated.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Munsell |first=Faith |date=2017-09-28 |title=Pinpoint-Entry Fracturing vs. Plug and Perf |url=https://www.keystoneenergytools.com/pinpoint-entry-fracturing-vs-plug-perf/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Keystone Energy Tools |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Pilot Projects ===
[[File:Daneshy-Fig-01.gif|thumb|315x315px|Plug and perf method.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2011-10-04 |title=Multistage fracturing using plug-and-perf systems |url=https://www.worldoil.com/magazine/2011/october-2011/features/multistage-fracturing-using-plug-and-perf-systems# |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=www.worldoil.com |language=en}}</ref>]]


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==== Drilling demonstrations & Nevada Operation ====

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[[File:Fervo-Energy Project-Red Rig-2-2048x1367-1.webp|thumb|right|Nevada operation in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chant |first=Tim De |date=2024-02-26 |title=Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/26/fervo-energy-fundraising/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref>|352x352px]]







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==== Drilling demonstrations &Nevada Operation ====
On July 18th, 2023, Fervo Energy announced the completion of its first geothermal plant in Nevada, USA. It marked the world's inaugural use of horizontal wells in an EGS system. The primary aim of this was to demonstrate to investors the viability of employing horizontal drilling technology in geothermal applications. The two wells attained a true vertical depth of 8000 feet, with horizontal sections extending 3250 feet. The project sustained drilling rates of 75 feet per hour, in a geological setting comprising hard metasedimentary and igneous formations. This positioned the project in the top quartile of drilling rates for hard rock formations.<ref name=":0" />The geothermal gradient measured approximately 75°C/km. The plant attained flow rates of 60 liters per second, consistently generating 3.5MW of electric power.<ref name=":0" /> This output is roughly adequate to satisfy the energy needs of 2000 households.<ref>{{Cite web |title=California ISO - Understanding electricity |url=https://www.caiso.com/about/Pages/OurBusiness/Understanding-electricity.aspx#:~:text=One%20megawatt%20equals%20one%20million,of%20750%20homes%20at%20once. |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=www.caiso.com}}</ref>
On July 18th, 2023, Fervo Energy announced the completion of its first geothermal plant in Nevada, USA. It marked the world's inaugural use of horizontal wells in an EGS system. The primary aim of this was to demonstrate to investors the viability of employing horizontal drilling technology in geothermal applications. The two wells attained a true vertical depth of 8000 feet, with horizontal sections extending 3250 feet. The project sustained drilling rates of 75 feet per hour, in a geological setting comprising hard metasedimentary and igneous formations. This positioned the project in the top quartile of drilling rates for hard rock formations.<ref name=":0" />The geothermal gradient measured approximately 75°C/km. The plant attained flow rates of 60 liters per second, consistently generating 3.5MW of electric power.<ref name=":0" /> This output is roughly adequate to satisfy the energy needs of 2000 households.<ref>{{Cite web |title=California ISO - Understanding electricity |url=https://www.caiso.com/about/Pages/OurBusiness/Understanding-electricity.aspx#:~:text=One%20megawatt%20equals%20one%20million,of%20750%20homes%20at%20once. |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=www.caiso.com}}</ref>


The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) had forecasted that flow rates of 60 l/s would be attainable under a "moderate case" scenario by 2035.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geothermal {{!}} Electricity {{!}} 2023 {{!}} ATB {{!}} NREL |url=https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2023/geothermal |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=atb.nrel.gov |language=en}}</ref> Fervo Energy accomplished this feat, albeit at a notably higher Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). Fervo's ongoing efforts are focused on scaling up production and reducing costs.<ref name=":0" />
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) had forecasted that flow rates of 60 l/s would be attainable under a "moderate case" scenario by 2035.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geothermal {{!}} Electricity {{!}} 2023 {{!}} ATB {{!}} NREL |url=https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2023/geothermal |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=atb.nrel.gov |language=en}}</ref> Fervo Energy accomplished this feat, albeit at a notably higher levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). Fervo's ongoing efforts are focused on scaling up production and reducing costs.<ref name=":0" />




==== Cape Station Project ====
==== Cape Station Project ====
[[File:FER-APW-031022-540-HDR.webp|thumb|393x393px|Cape station Project in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=America's first 'enhanced' geothermal plant just got up and running |url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/americas-first-enhanced-geothermal-plant-just-got-up-and-running |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Canary Media |language=en}}</ref>]]

On September 25, 2023, Fervo Energy held its groundbreaking ceremony for the Cape Station Geothermal Project in southwest Utah, specifically in Beaver County. Beaver County has geothermal gradients ranging from 50°C to 500°C/km. However, most boreholes indicate a geothermal gradient between 70°C and 100°C/km<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Blackett |first=Robert |date=Febuary 2004 |title=GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT DATA FOR UTAH |url=http://large.stanford.edu/publications/power/references/docs/utah_temp_grad.pdf |journal=Stanford}}</ref>. Fervo estimates that this plant has the potential to generate up to 400MW of electrical power by 2028. To increase electrical production and scale the previous design in Nevada, Fervo Energy proposes that it will have multiple horizontal wells stacked upon each other, with each level having its own injection and production well to limit short-circuiting. Lateral well lengths are also proposed to be increased to beyond 10,000 feet, with casing diameter up to 13 3/8" to decrease wellbore friction.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sepehr et.al |date=September 1999 |title=Effect of flow rate and well length on wellbore friction |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Effect-of-flow-rate-and-well-length-on-wellbore-friction_fig2_245418170 |journal=Research Gate}}</ref>
On September 25, 2023, Fervo Energy held its groundbreaking ceremony for the Cape Station Geothermal Project in southwest Utah, specifically in Beaver County. Beaver County has geothermal gradients ranging from 50°C to 500°C/km. However, most boreholes indicate a geothermal gradient between 70°C and 100°C/km<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Blackett |first=Robert |date=Febuary 2004 |title=GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT DATA FOR UTAH |url=http://large.stanford.edu/publications/power/references/docs/utah_temp_grad.pdf |journal=Stanford}}</ref>. Fervo estimates that this plant has the potential to generate up to 400MW of electrical power by 2028. To increase electrical production and scale the previous design in Nevada, Fervo Energy proposes that it will have multiple horizontal wells stacked upon each other, with each level having its own injection and production well to limit short-circuiting. Lateral well lengths are also proposed to be increased to beyond 10,000 feet, with casing diameter up to 13 3/8" to decrease wellbore friction.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sepehr et.al |date=September 1999 |title=Effect of flow rate and well length on wellbore friction |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Effect-of-flow-rate-and-well-length-on-wellbore-friction_fig2_245418170 |journal=Research Gate}}</ref>


If successful, this project will be the largest EGS plant in the world (by energy production), surpassing the Cooper Basin Project in Australia by 8-fold<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cooper Basin Enhanced Geothermal Systems |url=https://arena.gov.au/projects/cooper-basin-enhanced-geothermal-systems-heat-and-power-development/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Australian Renewable Energy Agency |language=en-AU}}</ref>. Fervo Energy claims this project will generate over 6,000 jobs during construction, generating $437 million in wages.<ref name=":0" />
If successful, this project will be the largest EGS plant in the world (by energy production), surpassing the Cooper Basin Project in Australia by 8-fold<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cooper Basin Enhanced Geothermal Systems |url=https://arena.gov.au/projects/cooper-basin-enhanced-geothermal-systems-heat-and-power-development/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Australian Renewable Energy Agency |language=en-AU}}</ref>. Fervo Energy claims this project will generate over 6,000 jobs during construction, generating $437 million in wages.<ref name=":0" />
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[[File:Fervo-Energy Project-Red Rig-2-2048x1367-1.webp|thumb|right|Cape station Project under construction in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chant |first=Tim De |date=2024-02-26 |title=Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/26/fervo-energy-fundraising/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref>]]








==== Comparable plants ====
=== Comparable plants ===
A Vertical EGS systems with similar heat conditions in the north eastern part of Nevada produces over ten times more energy then the Fervo Energy plant. However, the project has 5 injection and 6 production wells. If spread out evenly, it means each pair is making around 7MW which still makes it twice the amount produced at Fervo's plant. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Blue Mountain Geothermal Power Plant, USA |url=https://www.power-technology.com/projects/bluemountaingeotherm/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Power Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>
A Vertical EGS systems with similar heat conditions in the north eastern part of Nevada produces over ten times more energy then the Fervo Energy plant. However, the project has 5 injection and 6 production wells. If spread out evenly, it means each pair is making around 7MW which still makes it twice the amount produced at Fervo's plant. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Blue Mountain Geothermal Power Plant, USA |url=https://www.power-technology.com/projects/bluemountaingeotherm/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Power Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>


Revision as of 20:56, 8 March 2024

Article Draft

Company Grassroots

Founded in 2017, Fervo Energy is an energy resource company primarily focused on harnessing heat through enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Co-founded by Tim Latimer, a mechanical engineer by background, Latimer worked as a drilling engineer at BHP until 2015[1]. His departure from the oil and gas sector was driven by a desire to apply techniques observed during the shale revolution[2] to geothermal extraction.[3]

To date, Fervo Energy has been back by over 189 million dollars in equity backed funding and approximately 17 million dollars in non dilutive grants[3]. In Q3 2022, Fervo Enegry received 22 million dollars of series C funding from a multitude of venture capitals.[3] In 2021, Fervo Energy partnered with Alphabet (formerly known as Google) in hopes that Fervo can provide green electricity to Alphabet's cooling centres in the Las Vegas cloud region which met the three demands of Alphabet[4]; baseload, green sourced and nearby.[5][6]

On July 18, 2023, Fervo Energy announced that their first pilot geothermal plant was successful in generating 3.5 MW (megawatts) of baseload power and consistently maintained flow rates of 60 liters per second (l/s).

Background

Petroleum Industry applications

By 2005, American oil production had reached a 35-year low, with the United States producing just over 50% of what it had produced in 1976.[7] This significant decline led to a reliance on foreign imports, perpetuating a constant feeling of hesitancy in American markets. However, two key technologies that had been present in the oil and gas industry for some time combined to propel the American oil industry to its fastest growth ever. These technologies are horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as fracking).[7] Put simply horizontal wells were drilled stacked one upon another and then fractures were induced to connect a multitude of horizontal wells. This allowed the surface area of the reservoir to grow improve permeability and thus achieving higher barrel production daily.[7]

EGS Application

According to Latimer, the first time shale fracking methodologies were proposed to work for geothermal extraction was in 2013. It was brought forth by Mark Mclure, who is now a technical consultant at Fervo energy.[3]

Mark Mclure along with his co-author Sogo Shiowaza, believed that the combination of horizontal drilling and fracking first utilized in the petroleum sector has the potential to de risk EGS systems. In simpler terms, as long as you know there is sufficient amounts of heat, the system will produce viable amounts of electrical energy with little risk.[8]

EGS around the world has struggled in technical and economical aspects. On the technical side, vertical wells often encounter thermal short circuiting. This is where shallower induced fractures are better transmitters of water then deeper ones. This is often attributed to less normal stress on the fracture at shallower depth and more viscosity where the deeper fractures have the opposite effects.[8] This causes certain fractures to produce different water temperatures where they meet in the production well, thus they're heating are negated.[8]

Plug and perf method.[9]

Another issue is zonal isolation of fracturing, at shallow depth it is easy to model induced fracturing, however the deeper the whole the less you can model and thus predict where your cracks will form causing random fracture networks and thus less efficiency as some water will be lost in the vast fracture network and wont be sucked up by the production well.[8]

Horizontal drilling of geothermal tackles both of the issues above. By having the injection and production drilled horizontally all induced fractures will sit in the sam normal stress field, same temperature zone and have the same viscosity eliminating the potential of short circuits. To induce optimal fractures, Fervo Energy uses the plug and perforation method, again adopted from the unconventional oil industry. The plug and perforation system isolates stages from one another to decrease chances of unwanted fracture interactions when the fractures are initiated.[9][10]

Pilot Projects

Drilling demonstrations & Nevada Operation

File:Fervo-Energy Project-Red Rig-2-2048x1367-1.webp
Nevada operation in 2022.[11]

On July 18th, 2023, Fervo Energy announced the completion of its first geothermal plant in Nevada, USA. It marked the world's inaugural use of horizontal wells in an EGS system. The primary aim of this was to demonstrate to investors the viability of employing horizontal drilling technology in geothermal applications. The two wells attained a true vertical depth of 8000 feet, with horizontal sections extending 3250 feet. The project sustained drilling rates of 75 feet per hour, in a geological setting comprising hard metasedimentary and igneous formations. This positioned the project in the top quartile of drilling rates for hard rock formations.[3]The geothermal gradient measured approximately 75°C/km. The plant attained flow rates of 60 liters per second, consistently generating 3.5MW of electric power.[3] This output is roughly adequate to satisfy the energy needs of 2000 households.[12]

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) had forecasted that flow rates of 60 l/s would be attainable under a "moderate case" scenario by 2035.[13] Fervo Energy accomplished this feat, albeit at a notably higher levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). Fervo's ongoing efforts are focused on scaling up production and reducing costs.[3]


Cape Station Project

File:FER-APW-031022-540-HDR.webp
Cape station Project in 2023.[14]

On September 25, 2023, Fervo Energy held its groundbreaking ceremony for the Cape Station Geothermal Project in southwest Utah, specifically in Beaver County. Beaver County has geothermal gradients ranging from 50°C to 500°C/km. However, most boreholes indicate a geothermal gradient between 70°C and 100°C/km[15]. Fervo estimates that this plant has the potential to generate up to 400MW of electrical power by 2028. To increase electrical production and scale the previous design in Nevada, Fervo Energy proposes that it will have multiple horizontal wells stacked upon each other, with each level having its own injection and production well to limit short-circuiting. Lateral well lengths are also proposed to be increased to beyond 10,000 feet, with casing diameter up to 13 3/8" to decrease wellbore friction.[3][16]

If successful, this project will be the largest EGS plant in the world (by energy production), surpassing the Cooper Basin Project in Australia by 8-fold[17]. Fervo Energy claims this project will generate over 6,000 jobs during construction, generating $437 million in wages.[3]

Comparable plants

A Vertical EGS systems with similar heat conditions in the north eastern part of Nevada produces over ten times more energy then the Fervo Energy plant. However, the project has 5 injection and 6 production wells. If spread out evenly, it means each pair is making around 7MW which still makes it twice the amount produced at Fervo's plant. [18]

Vendenheim goethermal plant in Eastern France also with similar heat resource generates 10MW of electrical energy surpassing Fervo's.[19]

References

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  2. ^ "The U.S. Shale Revolution". The Strauss Center. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Technology - Fervo Energy". fervoenergy.com. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. ^ "Fervo Energy Announces Technology Breakthrough in Next-Generation Geothermal - Fervo Energy". fervoenergy.com. 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. ^ "A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now operational". Google. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  6. ^ "A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now operational". Google. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. ^ a b c Rapier, Robert. "How The Shale Boom Turned The World Upside Down". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  8. ^ a b c d TY - BOOK AU - Shiozawa, Sogo AU - McClure, Mark PY - 2014/01/01 SP - T1 - EGS designs with horizontal wells, multiple stages, and proppant VL - ER -. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265127214_EGS_designs_with_horizontal_wells_multiple_stages_and_proppant. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  10. ^ Munsell, Faith (2017-09-28). "Pinpoint-Entry Fracturing vs. Plug and Perf". Keystone Energy Tools. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  11. ^ Chant, Tim De (2024-02-26). "Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  12. ^ "California ISO - Understanding electricity". www.caiso.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  13. ^ "Geothermal | Electricity | 2023 | ATB | NREL". atb.nrel.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  14. ^ "America's first 'enhanced' geothermal plant just got up and running". Canary Media. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  15. ^ Blackett, Robert (Febuary 2004). "GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT DATA FOR UTAH" (PDF). Stanford. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Sepehr; et al. (September 1999). "Effect of flow rate and well length on wellbore friction". Research Gate. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last= (help)
  17. ^ "Cooper Basin Enhanced Geothermal Systems". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  18. ^ "The Blue Mountain Geothermal Power Plant, USA". Power Technology. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  19. ^ GeoEnergy, Think (2022-05-09). "Investigation report released on Vendenheim geothermal project in France". Retrieved 2024-02-19.
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